Sentences with phrase «before federal district judge»

Not exact matches

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

On Thursday in Federal district court in San Francisco, Uber and the drivers presented their arguments before Judge Edward Chen.

Los Angeles Times: Rabbi who refused to testify freed after seven months in prison A Brooklyn orthodox rabbi who was jailed after refusing to answer questions before a federal grand jury, saying his religion forbid him from testifying against other Jews, was ordered freed this week by a district court judge in Los Angeles, the rabbi's attorney said.

The week before, after three days of hearings in a U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Federal Judge James Noland reversed a USAC ban that would have kept six CART teams — numbering among them drivers such as defending Indy champ Al Unser, his brother Bobby, and former winners Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock — from competing in this year's race.

After graduating, Nicole clerked for two years for federal District Court Judge John F. Keenan in the Southern District of New York, before moving on to the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP.

The verdict came on the second day of deliberations, after a three - week trial before Judge Kimba Wood at the federal district courthouse in Manhattan.

Judge Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan noted that even before Mr. Silver's arrest, when some of his fellow legislators had been arrested on corruption charges, he remained undeterred.

Before he was sentenced, Dean Skelos asked the judge in the case, Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court in Manhattan, to show mercy to his son.

The trial judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, has already denied one defense motion, filed last month, asking her to acquit Mr. Silver even before the jury received the case.

Brooklyn Federal Judge Roslynn Mauskopf recused herself Monday from presiding over the suit because she is a close personal friend of the former federal judge, Barbara Jones, who served on the bench in the Southern District of New York for 16 years before leaving to become a partner at a white shoe laFederal Judge Roslynn Mauskopf recused herself Monday from presiding over the suit because she is a close personal friend of the former federal judge, Barbara Jones, who served on the bench in the Southern District of New York for 16 years before leaving to become a partner at a white shoe law Judge Roslynn Mauskopf recused herself Monday from presiding over the suit because she is a close personal friend of the former federal judge, Barbara Jones, who served on the bench in the Southern District of New York for 16 years before leaving to become a partner at a white shoe lafederal judge, Barbara Jones, who served on the bench in the Southern District of New York for 16 years before leaving to become a partner at a white shoe law judge, Barbara Jones, who served on the bench in the Southern District of New York for 16 years before leaving to become a partner at a white shoe law firm.

Scarborough, 69, apppeared in federal court before Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, admitting crimes involving a program receiving federal tax dollars.

U.S. District Judge Adrian Duplantier of New Orleans has postponed the American Civil Liberties Union's suit against Louisiana's «scientific - creationism» law until a separate suit on the issue before another federal district court has been District Judge Adrian Duplantier of New Orleans has postponed the American Civil Liberties Union's suit against Louisiana's «scientific - creationism» law until a separate suit on the issue before another federal district court has been district court has been decided.

On the day before school was to open that year, federal district court judge Solomon Oliver struck down the program, ruling that the use of tax dollars to pay for children to attend religious schools offends the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

Any school district bold enough to confront OCR and clever enough to get its case before a federal judge will put the equity DCL in serious legal jeopardy.

At least that's the assertion offered by U.S. Department of Justice lawyer Wendy Ertmer, representing the DEA at a federal court hearing Nov. 14 in Bismarck, where she insisted before U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland that the agency's «administrative process» for granting the permits to grow the crop is, in fact, «not futile.»

A report in The Boston Globe discusses the case scheduled to be argued today before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that centers on a plan by U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner to try to get more African - Americans on the jury that will decide the federal death penalty case against two black men from Boston.

David has tried cases to juries and judges in various state and federal courts throughout the U.S.. Before joining Stoel Rives, David was a law clerk for the Tenth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals (1988 ‑ 1989) and in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (1986 ‑ 1988).

Much is made of the fact that Sonia Sotomayor was a federal district judge before she was named to the federal appeals court.

The case was tried before Judge Alvin Thompson in Federal District Court in Hartford.

A simple search of published court decisions shows that Wikipedia is frequently cited by judges around the country, involving serious issues and the bizarre — such as a 2005 tax case before the Tennessee Court of Appeals concerning the definition of «beverage» that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, just this week, a case in Federal District Court in Florida that involved the term «booty music» as played during a wet T - shirt contest.

A report in The Boston Globe discusses the case scheduled to be argued today before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that centers on a plan by U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner to try to get more African - Americans on the jury that will decide the federal death penalty case against two black men from -LSB-...]

As we have observed before, federal courts generally require more detailed substantiation in support of fee requests and require district judges to explain their fees awards with some specificity.

Before joining the firm, she clerked for federal judges at the district court level and in the Eleventh Circuit.

Even though I live and practice bankruptcy law in one of the most progressive states in the Union: California, I do not see enough female and ethnic bankruptcy attorneys or trustees and although I am admitted in multiple federal districts in the state, to my knowledge, I have never appeared before a single ethnic bankruptcy judge.

Rather than letting the lawsuits before the judge become more examples of what federal district court Judge Otis D. Wright has called «essentially an extortion scheme,» Judge Baylson has decided to move forward with a «bellwether trial» to determine the validity of Malibu's cljudge become more examples of what federal district court Judge Otis D. Wright has called «essentially an extortion scheme,» Judge Baylson has decided to move forward with a «bellwether trial» to determine the validity of Malibu's clJudge Otis D. Wright has called «essentially an extortion scheme,» Judge Baylson has decided to move forward with a «bellwether trial» to determine the validity of Malibu's clJudge Baylson has decided to move forward with a «bellwether trial» to determine the validity of Malibu's claims.

Before his appointment to the Federal bench, Judge Hudson served as a Virginia circuit judge for Fairfax County, Director of the United States Marshals Service, as the Senate - confirmed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and as the elected Commonwealth's Attorney for Arlington County, VirgJudge Hudson served as a Virginia circuit judge for Fairfax County, Director of the United States Marshals Service, as the Senate - confirmed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and as the elected Commonwealth's Attorney for Arlington County, Virgjudge for Fairfax County, Director of the United States Marshals Service, as the Senate - confirmed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and as the elected Commonwealth's Attorney for Arlington County, Virginia.

Before his tenure as a city prosecutor, Dino also served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable John R. Padova, a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

In October and December Goodwin litigators won favorable rulings for Countrywide that denied class certification in multidistrict litigation pending before a San Diego federal district court judge.

Prior to joining the firm, Brooke clerked on Maryland's federal district court for Chief Judge Deborah Chasanow, and before that for her predecessor as Chief Judge, the Honorable Benson Legg.

Due to DiMuroGinsberg's lawyers» regular practice in the Court and frequent appearances before the judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the firm is often called upon to act as lead or local counsel for corporate counsel and out of state clients and law firms unfamiliar with the local rules and practices of the unusually efficient federal court in Alexandria, the legendary «Rocket Docket.»

This post is a somewhat ambitious undertaking because I want to take a look not only at Apple's and Samsung's chances in the post-verdict process (before Judge Koh and, looking past the district court, the Federal Circuit) but also draw some comparisons to other smartphone patent cases that have already been appealed to the Fed.

The clinic represents clients in family law cases in Boulder District Court, social security disability cases before federal administrative law judges, and asylum cases before immigration law judges.

First, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all Federal Court cases before Judge Brian Martinotti in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Before beginning graduate school, Austin interned for a Federal Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Texas.