Sentences with phrase «district judge»

A welcome step for those who experience inconsistency in approach by district judges in the county courts?

A federal district judge who has sentenced more than 4,000 offenders in multiple districts shares his experience and criticisms of current federal sentencing.

Even more surprisingly the additional annual judicial costs for the introduction of district judges would be # 1.2 million.

He praised district judges for being «highly innovative» in helping litigants navigate their way through cases.

In sentencing, as in other areas, district judges at times make mistakes that are substantive.

Leave to appeal was given by the deputy district judge who made order (3), and so the case came before the family division.

But in 2014, a federal district judge ruled against them, concluding that while the rating system seemed clearly unfair, it was nonetheless still legal.

I think there is a conflict, but I'm not sure it wouldn't almost always apply when district judges sit by designation.

The deputy district judge dismissed the claim but made no order as to costs.

We also interviewed a number of key actors involved in the process of housing possession, including district judges and mortgage lenders.

In particular, there has been little empirical (statistical) analysis of what district judges actually do.

I also have serious reservations about district judges becoming clerical assistants, and being expected to produce their own orders.

Most district judges were quick to encourage experimentation with the new concept.

And of course different district judges of different policy views would have «found» that rehabilitation would not work and that releasing prisoners would increase the crime rate.

On this day of honoring moms, perhaps female district judges should be placed at the top of the list.

It also has reached out to judges and district judges in an effort to make systemic changes.

A federal district judge ruled that the display is an unconstitutional government establishment of religion.

The trial judge will also direct an application — to be fixed within 28 days if so inclined — to a master or district judge for further investment directions.

As the authors point out, the behavior of district judges has largely been ignored.

Many deputy district judges will be employees or partners in firms of solicitors or members of the bar.

Schuler made his plea before U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan.

The ruling in question was issued Thursday in Manhattan by US District Judge Denise Cote.

For his return to court, prosecutors got permission from U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni for Howe to wear a suit and tie, rather than prison garb, but Dan Gitner, the defense lawyer who brought out the credit card incident, immediately had Howe describe being arrested after last week's testimony.

However, Waymo has asked U.S. District Judge William Alsup to delay the trial, arguing that critical new evidence it recently obtained requires further time to investigate.

Prior to private practice, he served for two years as a Law Clerk to United States District Judge James B. Moran for the Northern District of Illinois.

Mr. Weiner, whose repeated sexting scandals ended his political career, burst into tears as U.S. District Judge Denise Cote gave out his punishment in Manhattan federal court.

The nationwide enforcement of Section 3 (c) was restrained «in its entirety» last week by US District Judge James Robart, who sided with the states» argument that the order caused «significant and ongoing harm» to «substantial numbers of people, to the detriment of the States.»

said Steve Zissou, a Manhattan criminal defense lawyer who wonders if U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood will warn jurors not to read about Silver when she orders them to avoid publicity on the Skelos case.

Prior to joining Colson Hicks Eidson, Lindsey clerked for United States District Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr. and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski.

On Monday, the prosecution did not pursue the testosterone subject further after Mangano's defense attorney, Kevin Keating of Garden City, objected and the lawyers met with U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack for several minutes out of earshot of the jurors and others in the courtroom.

A Judge such as District Judge Alderson in the Atkinson's case, will pronounce the Decree Nisi's in open Court — which is where the media lay in waiting for a juicy celebrity story.

Significant decision from District Judge Colleen Kollar - Kotelly in the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics v. Cheney law suit, holding that the defendant must preserve a wide range of the records from his time as vice president.

This article details a federal sentencing from Hawai'i in which Chief US District Judge David Ezra focused on punishment purposes to justify a shorter prison term for a first offender who has undergone extensive sex - offender treatment after a conviction for downloading child pornography.

Cue, who often worked in between the CEOs and Jobs himself, is the central witness in the trial at the U.S. Southern District Court of New York, with District Judge Denise Cote presiding.

Judge Shea was sworn in as a United States District Judge on December 31, 2012.

Separate rulings in the span of a week from a federal appeals court and a federal district judge found that a provision of U.S. bankruptcy law violates the free - speech rights of lawyers by barring them from advising clients to incur additional debt before filing bankruptcy.

Nor will be the proceedings in U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner's courtroom, at least not today.

1979 (2016): SCOTUS sets forth flexible factors to be weighed for purposes of district judges awarding fees to a prevailing party under the Copyright Act's fee - shifting provision, 17 U.S.C. § 505.

US District Judge Mark Goldsmith had already issued a 14 day stay of removal on June 22nd for at least 114 mostly Christian Iraqis detained in the Detroit area, saying he needed time to work out whether he has jurisdiction over the case.

The guilty plea took place before U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein.

Doyle Decision Says FDCPA Claims Can Be Mooted With Rule 68 Offer If District Judge Gives Plaintiff Everything He / She Wants and Reserves Jurisdiction to Award Reasonable Fees and Costs.

The dispute sets up what could be an unprecedented hearing at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the coming months involving a panel of district judges hearing the multiple criminal cases at once.

This is major blow to the Korean company as last week US District Judge Lucy Koh ordered blocking the sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone.

A brief obituary on U.S. District Judge George F. Gunn Jr. in the June 3, 1998, issue of Education Week stated that the attempt to mediate the St. Louis school desegregation case was unsuccessful.

On May 16, 2012, in response to a lawsuit filed by journalist Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Wolf and others, [16] United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest ruled the indefinite detention section of the law (1021) likely violates the 1st and 5th Amendments and issued a preliminary injunction preventing the US government from enforcing it.

US district judge said state Republican leaders fighting resettlement have not shown state would suffer irreparable harm