Sentences with phrase «federal judges rejected»

A federal judge rejected ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's long - shot request to throw out all charges against him, effectively clearing the way for his case to go to trial.

A Manhattan federal judge rejected Park Slope Collegiate HS Principal Jill Bloomberg's request to halt a probe into her political activities, saying she has no evidence it was in revenge for her outspoken complaints.

A federal judge rejected attempts by four of the Buffalo Billion defendants to move next year's corruption trial to Buffalo, keeping the high - profile case in lower Manhattan instead.

A federal judge rejected ex-state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's third try to get his corruption charges tossed out, sarcastically noting Friday that the allegations in his indictment «do not make Silver look like a Boy Scout.»

Last year a federal judge rejected Navient's request to dismiss the agency's lawsuit.

In 2006, a federal judge rejected a Department of Energy finding that federal agencies couldn't take action to reduce fuel use because petroleum reduction goals mandated by the Act were unachievable.

A U.S. federal judge rejected the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee's motion to allow the religious display this year.

Also on Thursday, a Washington, D.C., federal judge rejected Manafort's offer to put up an Alexandria, Virginia, condo as part of his $ 10 million bail because he already pledged the property as collateral for another home he owns, in Long Island, New York.

Federal judge rejects U.S. bid to dismiss lawsuit filed by former executive of AIG over bailout, Reuters

To follow up on our story about Kentucky's Massey mine that is so unsafe that the Labor Department has moved to shut it down under federal supervision, last week, a federal judge rejected Massey's motion to dismiss the government's claim.

A federal judge rejected former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's request to dismiss the criminal case against him.

Federal judge rejects New York Times» bid to force gov» t to release more info on drone strikes, Reuters

Not exact matches

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sessions to become a federal judge, but the Republican - controlled Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the nomination after it was discovered that Sessions repeatedly made racist comments.

The Obama administration decided to block construction on federal land shortly after a U.S. District Court judge rejected a request from Native Americans for a court order to block the project.

A federal judge has rejected Mozilla Corp's request to force the U.S. government to disclose a vulnerability related to its Firefox web browser that the company says was exploited by the FBI to investigate users of a large child pornography website.

Just last month a federal judge in New York rejected a challenge to the phone data collection program brought by the ACLU, saying that there was no evidence that the information had been misused

A federal judge has rejected Massachusetts» challenge to new Trump administration rules that would allow more companies to not provide insurance plans that cover birth control; previous decisions by other judges in California and Pennsylvania went the other way, issuing injunctions against the new birth control rules.

A federal judge has rejected a trademark complaint by e-commerce giant Alibaba against cryptocurrency firm Alibabacoin Foundation over the similarity of their names.

WASHINGTON, May 3 AT&T told a federal judge late Thursday it should reject any request by the U.S. Justice Department to force it to divest its DirecTV unit or Turner networks as part of approving its proposed $ 85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc..

WASHINGTON AT&T told a federal judge late Thursday it should reject any request by the U.S. Justice Department to force it to divest its DirecTV unit or Turner networks as part of approving its proposed $ 85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc..

A third federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's justification for winding down the program protecting immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children.

A federal judge and an appeals court had rejected the combination after antitrust regulators sued to stop it.

New York Supreme Court Judge Jennifer G. Schecter rejected that argument on Tuesday, arguing that the logic of Clinton v. Jones was just as applicable in state court as in federal court.

A federal judge has rejected a conservative group's lawsuit demanding the release of drafts of a criminal indictment of Clinton prosecutors prepared, but never issued, during the Whitewater investigation in the 1990s.

U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni rejected a variety of reasons that lawyers for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver say his federal corruption indictment should be thrown out and no retrial should occur.

Gov. David Paterson is looking at layoffs now that his plan to furlough state workers have been rejected by a federal judge.

U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan rejected claims that federal law preempted New York and its Public Service Commission from offering credits to promote clean energy and reduce reliance on fossil - fueled or gas plants.

As federal courts move to decide whether to intervene on the Congressional redistricting process, the last ditch legal efforts on behalf of Albany's legislative leaders to dismiss the lawsuit was rejected by a three judge panel this evening.

ALBANY — A federal judge has rejected state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's lawsuit seeking to force a full environmental review before the Delaware River Basin Commission allows natural gas drilling in a watershed that provides drinking water for millions of New Yorkers.

The National Organization for Marriage has been blocked from running ads in support of anti-gay teabagger gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, WIVB reports: «Federal Judge Richard Arcara has rejected a challenge to New York's election law... Read

Federal prosecutors have urged a judge to reject former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's bid to throw out criminal charges he faces.

Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni rejected five prospective jurors after prosecutors and defense attorneys objected to answers they gave on questionnaires they filled out earlier in the week.

The defense for former NSA contractor Reality Winner appealed a federal magistrate judge's decision, where 40 out of 41 subpoenas were rejected.

But Manhattan federal Judge Gregory Woods rejected the requests, saying Bharara's remarks «closely track the language in the complaint.»

Federal Judge Doris Irizarry has rejected former Senate Majority Leader John Sampson's attempt to have two of the three charges he was convicted on last year thrown out.

While a Daley - connected circuit judge, Thomas Kluczynski (who would later be appointed a federal judge by Kennedy, at Daley's recommendation), threw out a federal lawsuit «filed to contend» the voting totals, [42] the Republican - dominated State Board of Elections unanimously rejected the challenge to the results.

The city is challenging a federal judge's authority to reject the $ 657 million settlement of the 9/11 respiratory cases.

Another judge rejected a request by lawyers for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to exclude evidence from his federal corruption trial that he argued was irrelevant and prejudicial.

But Manhattan federal Judge Gregory Woods rejected the requests.

A politically connected lawyer says the Manhattan US Attorney should now go by «Ayatollah Preet Bharara» after the prosecutor's underlings on Thursday persuaded a federal judge to move ahead with indicted state Sen. Malcolm Smith's corruption trial in January — rejecting a bid to delay it to accommodate his wife's problem pregnancy.

A federal judge on Monday ordered state Sen. Malcolm Smith's fraud and bribery trial to begin June 2, quietly rejecting the powerful Queens Democrat's bid to push the date back...

A federal judge has upheld most of New York's new gun control law, rejecting arguments that its bans on large - capacity magazines and the sale of some semi-automatic rifles violate Second Amendment rights.

Unfortunately, a federal bankruptcy judge has sided with a governor who could not win an election in Detroit and an approach that Detroit voters rejected.

NEW HAVEN — Former Congressional candidate Lisa Wilson - Foley Tuesday was ordered to serve five months in prison for concealing a campaign deal she struck with former Gov. John G. Rowland after a federal judge on Tuesday rejected her last minute claim that...

Acting Solicitor General Neal Kumar Katyal argued in the government motion that the justices should reject a request by the Log Cabin Republicans to reinstate a federal judge's injunction against the «don't ask, don't tell» policy.

I urged federal Magistrate Judge Roanne L. Mann to reject the Assembly plan because of its obvious VRA violation.

The judge overseeing the 10 - week - old federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto on Monday rejected their efforts to have their charges dismissed.

A federal judge today rejected former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's request that she throw out the corruption charges against him — but chastised U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the «media blitz» he conducted in the days and weeks following Mr. Silver's arrest in January.

Manhattan federal Judge Kimba Wood on Tuesday rejected the pretrial motions brought by lawyers for Dean Skelos (SKEH» - lohs) and his son, Adam.

Judge Robert Sweet, of the federal court in New York City, rejected the BRCA patents in a 156 - page opinion that sides with advocacy groups and medical organizations that sought to have the patents tossed out.