Monday, December 30, 2024

Quiet week

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 I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday week. It's pretty slow, so unless something earth shattering happens, I'll see you all next...
Sunday, December 22, 2024

“Mr. Mangi is 47 years old. If he feels he is not a viable option for the incoming administration, he can be considered again in the next administration in 2028 at age 51. If he’s not viable for that administration, he can be considered yet again in 2032 at age 55.”

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That was Judge Singhal responding to Adeel Mangi's letter withdrawing his nomination for federal judge. It's hard to summarize Man...
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Thursday, December 19, 2024

Remembering Judge Cooke

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 Judge Cooke always had a great holiday party at the courthouse on the 11th Floor -- Just Desserts. The judges on the 11th Floor have contin...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Holiday cheer.

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  Two wonderful orders to discuss. Almost one year to the day last year, Sam Rabin and Andrea Lopez were in trial on a reverse money launder...
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Sunday, December 15, 2024

"This sentence is unnecessarily long, unjust, and does not meet the statutory purposes of sentencing. But the Court is bound to follow the law until wisdom and common sense prevail."

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1. That was Judge Roy Dalton in the Middle District of Florida lamenting his hands being tied in having to sentence a homeless man to 5 year...
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Thursday, December 12, 2024

Judge Altman Featured on Athena Rising Podcast

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By John R. Byrne  Vanessa Johannes and Marissel Descalzo have a great podcast series called "Athena Rising." They've interview...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Will SCOTUS strike down another fraud conviction?

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It sure looks like that after argument yesterday in Kousisis , which presented the following question: "Whether a scheme to induce a tr...
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Monday, December 09, 2024

Yeah but can they figure out a lunch spot?

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  Here's the full order .
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