Sentences with phrase «federal judge last»

Rose, who was confirmed as a federal judge last September in a U.S. Senate vote of 89 - 1, is the country's youngest federal judge at 40 years old.

The Department of Education will pay $ 4 million in damages to minority employees who alleged racial discrimination in the agency's employment practices, under a legal settlement approved by a federal judge last month.

A federal judge last week declared the Denver school system desegregated, effectively ending a landmark case and the sharply debated busing efforts it spawned.

A federal judge last week issued a temporary restraining order allowing Chicago's schools to operate without a balanced budget for another 10 days.

A federal judge last week rejected the National Collegiate Athletic Association's request to delay the enforcement of his earlier ruling that struck down a key part of its freshmen - eligibility standards.

Denver — The Denver school board's plan to end eight years of mandatory busing was rejected by a federal judge last week as «an exercise in escapism.»

The Kansas City, Mo., school district asked a federal judge last week to void a vote by the state board of education to strip the system of its state accreditation.

The Oneidas this week paid $ 11 million to the state, the first installment required by the sweeping settlement ratified by a federal judge last week.

The campaign includes graphic photos on cigarette ads, much like NYC's ads that were banned by a federal judge last year.

Paterson is seeking $ 250 million in savings from the unionized state work force, but his earlier attempts to extract them — through a delay of scheduled raises and a one - day - a-week forced furlough — were blocked by a federal judge last week.

The panel charged with redrawing the Albany County political map struck down by a federal judge last week will meet Tuesday for the first time — two weeks before a court - ordered deadline to draft new lines that don't dilute minority voting power.

A Brooklyn federal judge last week sentenced former state Sen. Shirley Huntley to a year and one day in prison for stealing taxpayer dollars,?

Religion News Service: Monks» caskets suit heads back to court A group of Catholic monks who sued for the right to sell handmade caskets will head back to court this week, fending off an appeal from the state funeral industry after a federal judge last year struck down a state law that permitted only licensed funeral directors to sell coffins.

With at least six Florida personal injury lawyers now facing unrelated criminal charges for defrauding auto insurers and the Sunshine State already in the running for this year's # 1 ranking among the nation's Judicial Hellholes, a panel of four federal judges last week imposed nearly $ 9.2 million in sanctions on two Jacksonville - based plaintiffs» firms for their shameless pursuit of more than 1,200 «frivolous and factually baseless lawsuits» against tobacco defendants... → Read More: Two Florida Firms» Fraudulent Tobacco Claims Draw Nearly $ 9.2 Million in Sanctions

Not exact matches

His order was blocked by a federal judge — which the Supreme Court declined to reconsider last week, effectively keeping the program running.

On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit denied the government's emergency appeal to lift the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Trump's immigration order issued last week by a federal judge in Seattle, indicating in its opinion that Trump's past comments about a «Muslim ban» can be used as evidence for discrimination.

Recently in Los Angeles, a federal judge signed a warrant to allow the FBI to force a 29 - year - old woman to press her finger on an iPhone cops had seized from her boyfriend's home, an alleged gang member, the Los Angeles Times reported last week.

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

Last week, a federal judge signed off on Radio Shack's Chapter 11 plan, which distributes proceeds from the company's liquidation to creditors.

Last week: Finally, after 150 years, a federal judge has ordered an end to Florida's «fatally flawed» system for the restoration of voting rights and to develop one that has clear standards.

It was elevated to the Connecticut Supreme Court after a lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit last year after she found that the claims it raised fell «squarely within the broad immunity» provided by federal law.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

Shake Shack also raised some manager salaries to above the proposed federal overtime limit of $ 47,476, a threshold that was blocked by a Texas judge last November.

Federal prosecutors and attorneys for Michael Cohen on Wednesday suggested seven candidates who could be picked by a federal judge to review materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office last week and determine whether any should be protected under attorney - client priFederal prosecutors and attorneys for Michael Cohen on Wednesday suggested seven candidates who could be picked by a federal judge to review materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office last week and determine whether any should be protected under attorney - client prifederal judge to review materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office last week and determine whether any should be protected under attorney - client privilege.

A San Francisco federal judge, in what was apparently the first case to cite last month's SCOTUS opinion Cyan v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund remanded a securities class action against a blockchain startup to San Francisco Superior Court while keeping another in federal court.

It's been my view since circa 2003 that «they» would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until every last crumb of middle class wealth was swept off the table and into the pockets of those in position to do the sweeping: Corporate America, the very wealthy («wealthy» = enough disposable cash to buy a few politicians and Federal judges) and the political elite — the latter of which are compensated pawns for the first two cohorts.

A federal judge declared the law unconstitutional last week.

Well, the last time Americans had a president who was psychologically «programmed» to ignore facts that didn't agree with his beliefs, the USA ended up wasting $ 1T in an illegal war to «liberate» 100's of billions of barrels of Iraqi oil (as many as 1.2 M people died in the process due to violence, disease & starvation resulting from the conflict), nearly $ 5T was added to the U.S. federal debt, a man with experience as the Judges and Stewards Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association was put in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. subprime credit «bubble» expanded hugely & then imploded, wiping out some $ 14T in global wealth & destroying millions of jobsfederal debt, a man with experience as the Judges and Stewards Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association was put in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. subprime credit «bubble» expanded hugely & then imploded, wiping out some $ 14T in global wealth & destroying millions of jobsFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. subprime credit «bubble» expanded hugely & then imploded, wiping out some $ 14T in global wealth & destroying millions of jobs, etc..

The last - minute rewrite prompted a federal judge in September to dismiss challenges by Wheaton College and Belmont Abbey, but the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to consider the cases.

Last fall, a federal immigration judge ordered 15 Iraqi Christians deported from California for immigration fraud — not because they were illegally coached on the tenants of Christianity, like in a New York City fraud ring — but because they had already been granted safe haven in Europe.

Last year, a federal immigration judge ordered 15 Iraqi Chaldean Christians deported for immigration fraud when they sought refuge in the United States after they had already been granted safe haven in Europe.

The decision is counter that of Federal Judge Frank McGarr in Illinois, who said that the commissioner's powers seem to be unlimited in dismissing Finley's suit against Kuhn after the commissioner voided the sale of three A's last year.

When Federal Judge Newell Edenfield upheld Bowie Kuhn's suspension of Ted Turner last week, the ruling was hailed as another triumph for the powers of the baseball commissioner.

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters)- A federal judge denied a bid by a group of Christian churches on Monday to force a California beachside town to reopen a park to a nearly 60 - year - old Christmas - season nativity display it discontinued after atheists upstaged the event last year.

Judge Ruben Castillo determined last week in U.S. District Court in Chicago that allowing lead shot to fall into ponds at the site violates the federal Clean Water Act.

Opponents who could not see the issue more differently have nonetheless put the decision in the hands of a federal judge who heard the arguments last month, and she has not yet decided.

Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis called the idea of a quota «morally repugnant,» especially with a federal judge ruling last month that CPS's recent firing of hundreds of tenured teachers was mishandled.

Developer Louis Ciminelli last month was ordered by a federal judge to surrender a firearm purchased and registered under his wife's name as he faces trial in a bid rigging and bribery case.

Manhattan federal prosecutors told the judge who sentenced Dean and Adam Skelos last week that the government won't push for them to go to prison until at least three - plus months after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a pending case on anti-corruption laws.

He enraged Democrats by refusing to let the Senate consider President Barack Obama's nomination of federal judge Merrick Garland to fill a Supreme Court vacancy last February.

The president's ongoing support of civil unions over full marriage equality has caused consternation among his LGBT supporters — particularly in the wake of a federal judge's ruling last week that overturned California's Prop. 8.

«Just last week, a federal judge reversed California's same sex marriage ban thanks, in part, to a brief filed by the California Attorney General Jerry Brown.

Buffalo developer Louis Ciminelli last month was ordered by a federal judge to surrender a firearm purchased and registered under his wife's name as he faces trial in a bid rigging and bribery case.

I would also like to add to @sabbahillel's answer that when the Democrats last controlled the Senate, they changed the Senate rules and eliminated the filibuster on federal judge appointments to make it easier for the Senate to approve the appointments of the Obama administration.

The Joe Percoco corruption trial resumes this afternoon in federal court in Manhattan, with disgraced ex-lobbyist Todd Howe, who has been spending his night in jail since late last week, appearing in a business suit — not prison garb — as per the judge's orders.

A federal judge ruled last year that New York's traditional date for the primary, the second Tuesday of September, occurs too late for military absentee ballots to be processed before the general election.

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.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — John Gallagher, the former Facilities Director for the City School District of New Rochelle, was back in White Plains Federal Court Thursday for a status conference to update Judge Kenneth M. Karas on what has taken place since Gallagher was last in court of May 24th.

But political hopeful Philip Pidot is pressing for a new primary in federal court after a state court judge ruled he was eligible to run as a Republican ballot but there was not enough time to get Pidot's name on the primary ballot by last Tuesday.

Percoco's trial, which Judge Valerie Caproni has said could last more than six weeks — and which won't be affected, for now at least, by the federal government shutdown — promises a rare glimpse inside the inner workings of the secretive Cuomo administration.