Sentences with phrase «circuit judges do»

These days circuit judges do have jurisdiction to hear a small claim but the queue for doing so is not long and the circuit judge concerned must consent to have the case allocated to them (CPR PD 2B para 11.2).

What do circuit judges do when they hang up their robes?

Not exact matches

«A ruling by a single judge in one circuit can not and does not undo the years of clear legal precedent nationwide establishing that transgender students have the right to go to school without being singled out for discrimination,» said a statement from five groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), that have filed «friend of the court» briefs on behalf of transgender students.

While the denial of a blue slip does not legally restrict a judge from being approved, Glenn Sugameli, an attorney who is an expert on judicial nominations, told Business Insider in an email earlier this week that «no circuit court nominees have been confirmed over objection of one (or two) home state senators — including under Obama.»

Overturning a lower court's decision that ruled that the laws unconstitutionally limited access to abortion in the state, New Orleans - based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals judges wrote, «on its face does not impose an undue burden on the life and health of a woman.»

Lawyers for Kentucky's Department of Insurance are encouraging a judge to hold Medi - Share, a cost - sharing ministry that helps pay medical bills for Christians who don't smoke or abuse alcohol (among other qualifications), in contempt for continuing to operate in the state more than a year after a circuit court judge ordered the Florida - based group to stop until it meets Kentucky insurance regulations.

In the face of such criticism, U.S. Circuit Court Judge Irving R. Kaufman, the commission chairman, emphasized that testing should be done «very selectively» and with assurances of privacy and protection of an individual's civil rights.

Cook County Circuit Judge Moshe Jacobius has made several key rulings, including a finding that the Park District did not have proper authority to enter into a lease.

Elvin Payton, 26, did not speak as Circuit Judge Vincent Gaughan imposed the term in the slaying of Michael Norton, 55, who owned Mike's Sweet Shop.

On March 6, a 3 - judge panel of the Ninth Circuit had ruled that the party does have standing to challenge the residency Read more»

The judges in the redistricting case, Reena Raggi and Gerard E. Lynch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Dora L. Irizarry of Federal District Court in Brooklyn, noted that the magistrate judge they assigned to draw the new map managed to do in just two weeks what lawmakers «have been unable, or unwilling, to provide New York State voters in more than a year.»

«If we do so we won't have judges collect bribes to pervert justice», the leadership guru then tore into the judicial scandal that has resulted in the suspension of some 34 magistrates, circuit court and high court judges.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer announced today he would vote against the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, and would encourage his 48 - member Democratic conference to do the same — arguing the 10th Circuit Court jurist had a «deep - seated conservative ideology» and lacked «a strong independent backbone.»

The challengers — an alliance of energy and fossil fuel companies and coal - producing states — wanted the court «to do something that they candidly acknowledge we have never done before: review the legality of a proposed rule,» wrote Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in an opinion unanimously backed by a three - judge pJudge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in an opinion unanimously backed by a three - judge pjudge panel.

The 7th Circuit upheld a trial judge's ruling dismissing the case, holding that the federal Communications Decency Act doesn't permit people to «sue the messenger just because the message reveals a third party's plan to engage in unlawful discrimination».

«Josh did the setting up,» Muskegon County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Hicks said.

It seems like they have enough Hollywood name recognition (Estevez, Weber, with small appearances by Catherine OHara and David Bowie) to push this through to the independent circuit, but judging by IMDB.com statistics, it did nt even get that.

In response to the Fourteenth Amendment claim, the court said that at some point, removing M.C. from the classroom and putting him in timeout might have gone so far as to deprive him of a protected interest in a public education, but the circuit judges, unlike the district court, concluded that 21 timeouts totaling approximately 12 hours over two and a half months did not go that far.

Three circuit judges concurred that the actions that Horizon took or failed to take were all connected with its role as Caviness's employer, and that what it did as such did not constitute «state action.»

Leon County Circuit Judge George Reynolds ruled that petitioners in a lawsuit contending that the state is not adequetely funding district schools do not have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the state's scholarship tax credit law.

A lawsuit challenging the country's largest private school choice program saw a significant setback today, as a Leon County circuit judge ruled the groups behind the case did not have standing to bring the lawsuit.

The group hired a lawyer and took the issue to court and last week Circuit Judge Bonnie Wheaton ruled that the Naperville Smart Meter Awareness Group didn't meet the petition requirements and their request for a referendum was denied.

«The fact that Lawriter continues to threaten legal action, including under the copyright laws, does not alter the effect of the Eleventh Circuit's decision,» Judge Batten said.

Next: Salary history doesn't justify paying women less, 9th Circuit rules in opinion written by late judge

I really don't know, but then again neither do appellate experts such as Howard Bashman, who writes, «Just when you thought that every possible type of appellate opinion had already been created, Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski goes and invents one more.»

Yet what did the judges of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (led by «tough on crime» Edith Jones) do?

Do we all share their high opinion of themselves, such that they are entitled to question the intellect of a circuit judge?

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I think you are right, Greg, that this could be a wide - spread problem in all settings in which circuits are setting judge - made ground rules for what district judges can and can not do.

In the 3rd Circuit, I am pretty sure judges sitting by designation do not hear cases from their own district.

Chief Judge Rader doesn't seem to always like the Supreme Court's patent - related decisions, but that philosophical disagreement may be part of the reason why the Supreme Court has to review Federal Circuit decisions so frequently.

Circuit Judge Prost also dissents, but from the opposite angle: while the ruling went too far for Chief Judge Rader, it did not go far enough for Circuit Judge Prost.

My partner - in - blog Carolyn Elefant did a great job yesterday rounding up the first 24 hours» reaction among bloggers and pundits to President Obama's nomination of 2nd Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit does not like acronyms one bit.

Alito was a fair bit more circumspect than 5th Circuit Judge Harold DeMoss who recently wrote this article accusing the Supreme Court of usurping the rights of voters to approve or deny what he considers to be constitutional change — in his opinion, that document does not guarantee a right of privacy (nee abortion).

The Wisconsin case (decided by the Court of Appeals) settled that it wasn't improper for a circuit court to do independent research, since a competent judge has a duty to ensure the correct law is being applied.

«Given that Judge DeMoss is on the record as opposing the right to privacy, doesn't anyone litigating this issue in the Fifth Circuit have a reason to move for his recusal?

«Tenth Circuit Gives Man License to Sue Over «Rain God» Main Use Hyperlinks, Don't «Bitch - Slap» — and Other Tips from a «Cranky» Federal Judge»

The 10th Circuit Judicial Council found that the law governing judicial misconduct did not give it the authority to review alleged conduct that occurred before Roberts became a judge.

Apparently, there was some part of «clearly and accurately» that the credit agencies did not understand, judging by last week's 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision, Gillespie v. Equifax Information Systems.

Circuit Court Judge Richard Sankovitz had decided at the outset to ask all potential jurors, «Do you blog?»

Though I do not generally have a problem with district judges sitting by designation, I think there is a worrisome sort of conflict - of - interest for district judges to be very involved in defining a circuit court's standards for when district judges are sentencing in a reasonable manner.

Meanwhile, a decision yesterday from a three - judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Cook v. Gates, is drawing interest for its dismissal of a constitutional challenge to the federal government's controversial «Don't Ask, Don't Tell,» policy on gays in the military.

However, one prominent blogger — 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner — disagrees with the conventional theory that Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme primarily because Madoff didn't con «greedy dopes» who are classic Ponzi targets, but instead, lured sophisticated investors.

So, West jumped on Lexis, and following something they did for almost 10 years after that, West of course sued Lexis in Minnesota, in the federal courts where they'd been cultivating judges for years, and where the cases would be reviewed in the Eighth Circuit where they'd been cultivating judges.

He went on to state that «how a summary judgment motion should be scheduled where case management does not exist or where the judges frequently circuit, I leave to other judges to consider and decide.»

SB 1637 Provides that the prohibition on carrying a concealed firearm into a courthouse does not apply to a licensee who is a circuit or associate judge, State's Attorney, or Assistant State's Attorney; provided that the judge, State's Attorney, or Assistant State's Attorney does not carry a concealed firearm at any time while in a courtroom.

Plaintiffs» lawyers track verdicts in the District and Circuit courts, and have a good idea of what judges and juries tend to do in most situations.

In his recent article, Howard Bashman, a Law.com columnist and blogger on the legal network, judges the federal circuits» Web sites on a criteria where looks don't matter as much as functionality and extent of information.

His study, which will be published next month in the Boston University Law Review, showed circuit judges» performance, based on opinions, didn't change from region to region with the varying spread between their pay and the next best professional opportunity.