1. Mario Claiborne has died, via Scotusblog. This is big news for judges, prosecutors and criminal defense lawyers around the country who have been waiting for the Supreme Court to decide United States v. Claiborne, which was to give us all more guidance on how sentencing hearings should be conducted post-Booker.
UPDATE -- the Supreme Court dismissed the case on June 4.
2. The DBR follows up on the Happy Meal comment to Bankruptcy Judge Laurel Myerson Isicoff that we covered earlier. Now that we are the DBR affiliate blog, we thought that we might get some props along with Abovethelaw, who broke the story...
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
ReplyDeleteFOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
JOHN B. THOMPSON,
Plaintiff,
v. Case No. 07-21256 (Judge Adalberto Jordan)
THE FLORIDA BAR and
DAVA J. TUNIS,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF TAKING DEPOSITION
Notice is hereby provided to defendant Dava J. Tunis of her deposition in this federal civil rights action in her chambers at the Gerstein Justice Building, 1351 NW 12th Street, Miami, Florida 33125, at 9 am on Monday, June 25, 2007, before a court reporter. The deposition shall continue from day to day until completed.
I hereby certify that a copy hereof has been mailed to Dava Tunis, 1351 NW 12th Street, Miami, Florida 33125, and to The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida, this 31st day of May, 2007.
_____________________________
JOHN B. THOMPSON, Plaintiff
Attorney, Florida Bar #231665
1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
Phone: 305-666-4366
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