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Thursday, April 30, 2020

All around good guy David Leibowitz to be nominated for Judge Moreno’s seat

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I’m biased here since I’ve known him a long time, but  David Leibowitz being nominated is great news for the District. He’s smart, hard-work...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

BREAKING -- Aileen Cannon nominated to District Bench in SDFLA (Fort Pierce)

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From the press release : Aileen Mercedes Cannon, of Florida, to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern Distri...
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Fishy numbers at FDC-Miami

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BOP is reporting that as of 04/28/2020, there are 1313 federal inmates and 335 BOP staff who have confirmed positive test results for COVID...
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Monday, April 27, 2020

11th Circuit tackles abortion case during COVID crisis

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I missed this one last week.  Judge Jordan, joined by Martin and Rosenbaum upheld a preliminary injunction against an Alabama law that was ...
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Friday, April 24, 2020

Judge Goodman continues great work on COVID-19 jurisprudence

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Judge Goodman puts ICE's feet to the fire in this report and recommendation to Judge Cooke .  The Miami Herald covers it here : A Mi...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

“Lori Loughlin case should be dismissed if the prosecutors cheated”

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That’s the title of my latest piece in the Hill . Here’s the intro: Putting aside whether we really want cheating on a test or lying on a ...
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Monday, April 20, 2020

SDNY judges doing great work on compassionate release

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The latest decision , by Judge Alison Nathan, rips the absurd BOP policy of holding defendants for 14 days after release orders in “quaranti...
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SCOTUS updates

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1.  The Supreme Court ruled this morning that juries must be unanimous .  You'd think this one would be unanimous from the Justices, but...
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