I have extensive experience at all court levels,
including Federal District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, as well as District and Circuit Courts throughout the State of Maryland.
While the O'Bannon precedent is influential in most of the country, it is fully binding in federal districts governed by the Ninth Circuit (which
includes federal district courts in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington).
Now, Inforuptcy is unveiling its plan to expand to
include all federal district court dockets available on PACER.
Not exact matches
While
federal gun control laws are stalled, the group's school violence prevention training programs are expanding rapidly across the country,
including to the Los Angeles public school
district.
Meanwhile,
federal investigators — led by Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern
District of New York — are examining how money and contracts were distributed to Buffalo Billion,
including SolarCity.
In the months that followed, the industry persuaded Georgia Congressman Tom Graves, whose
district includes the syndication hotbed of Rome, to slip a rider into the
federal appropriations bill that would bar the IRS from spending money to enforce the listing notice.
We are going to hear from
Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic, whose Atlanta - headquartered
district includes the State of Florida.
A spokeswoman declined to answer a series of direct questions from CNBC about his case, instead providing a statement from Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department's Tax Division: «Bradley Birkenfeld was afforded due process of law and sentenced by a
federal district court after full consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances,
including his admission that he advised wealthy UBS clients on how to conceal their assets from the U.S. government,» she said.
Main Street Views highlights the diverse range of economic research and programs of the Kansas City Fed,
including the annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium; analysis of macroeconomic, banking, and payments issues; and insight into the seven states and industries of the Tenth
Federal Reserve
District.
All told, the RECAP Archive now contains about 3.4 million documents from 1.5 million
federal district court and bankruptcy cases from 1960 to the present,
including all judicial opinions available via the Written Opinions Report.
The Tenth
Federal Reserve
District includes Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, northern New Mexico and western Missouri.
For Devine — Daley's top deputy in the state's attorney's office, former Chicago Park
District Board president and now a highly respected trial lawyer in private practice — that could
include a
federal judgeship or even U.S. attorney in Chicago if Jim Burns steps down.
With funding aid from
federal and state grants administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the Fox Valley Park
District has developed a 48 - mile, interconnected network of premier trails for biking, hiking and walking
including:
School
districts have broad discretion over the use of the revenues they receive,
including federal reimbursements for free and reduced price meals.
Every
district participating in the
federal meals program is required to have a written policy that
includes nutrition guidelines for all foods available at school (hello, birthday cupcakes!)
There I explain the many factors,
including chronic
federal underfunding and quirks in the
federal rules (such as no requirement that protein be offered, and the allowance of juice as a substitute for half of kids» fruit quota), which incentivize
districts around the country to serve breakfasts nearly identical to the ones served in my
district.
Superintendent
District Leadership - Technology
District Leadership - Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, PD
District Leadership - Business, Communications, HR
District Personnel - Other (Admin., Specialist, etc.) School - based Leadership (Principal, Asst. Principal) Teacher - Early Childhood / Elementary Teacher - Middle School Teacher - High School School - based Technology Coordinator School - based Personnel - Other (Admin., Specialist, etc.) Library Personnel / Media Specialist University or College Faculty / Administration
Federal Government Personnel State Government Personnel Education Product / Service Provider (
including Consultants) Investment Community Association / Advocacy Organization Philanthropy Education Research / Analysis Media Education Services Agency School Board Member Student Parent / Community Member
But, at least at present, the ultimate check is a triennial audit by the state agencies overseeing
federal school meal programs; this audit covers hundreds of items, everything from food safety to sanitation, and also
includes determining whether a
district has a wellness policy in place that's being enforced.
State Commissioner John King suspended
federal improvement grant funding for 10
districts —
including NYC — that failed to live up to their commitment to reach agreements with their teacher and principal unions on new performance evaluations).
His travel was limited to the southern and eastern
federal districts of New York and to Connecticut, and he was ordered to surrender his passport and all firearms —
including two hunting rifles and a BB gun.
The 3rd State Senate Legislative
District, which includes parts of Brookhaven and Islip towns, has at least 119 foreclosed properties owned by banks or federal agencies, according to a report released Tuesday by state Sen. Tom Croci (R - Sayville), who represents the district, and state Sen. Jeff Klein (D -
District, which
includes parts of Brookhaven and Islip towns, has at least 119 foreclosed properties owned by banks or
federal agencies, according to a report released Tuesday by state Sen. Tom Croci (R - Sayville), who represents the
district, and state Sen. Jeff Klein (D -
district, and state Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Bronx).
Supporters said recent controversies involving prosecutors,
including a reported
federal probe of the Suffolk County
District Attorney's Office and allegations of wrongdoing against upstate St. Lawrence County
District Attorney Mary Rain, have given the measure new momentum.
Judge Pamela K. Chen of the
Federal District Court in Brooklyn ordered a postponement of the Republican congress member's criminal trial until Feb. 2 to give his defense team time to examine evidence gathered by the prosecution,
including tape recorded conversations with potential witnesses.
Questions during the off - topic portion of the press conference
included his opinion of the expected Democratic candidate in the 11th Congressional
District special election and whether he'll campaign for Gentile, the prospect of Department of Homeland Security losing funding, religious organizations renting City school facilities for prayer / worship services and the related lawsuit, a NY Post report criticizing a newly - created NYPD training program, reported terror threats against shopping malls, the absence of a Lunar New Year message from the mayor and his non-attendance at the Lunar New Year parade, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's comment that their relationship will be «the best relationship between a mayor and governor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in
federal funding of Sandy rebuilding.
Andy's clients
include • Corning Inc. • Cargill • CemeCon • The Corning - Painted Post School
District • HUNT Architects and Engineers • The Radisson • Socha Financial Group • Horizons
Federal Credit Union • And many, many others He lives in Corning, NY with his family.
The Senate's budget proposals
include a provision that would bar local governments —
including police departments and
district attorney's — from adopting laws or policies that «impede or interfere» with
federal homeland security laws.
Mirel Fisch, an attorney representing Moroughan in an ongoing
federal lawsuit against several entities
including the Suffolk
district attorney's office, said that her client welcomed the
federal investigation.
Following his own statement and statements from several supporters, Espaillat answered questions from the press,
including whether he believes that Charles Rangel has willfully neglected small business owners, how does he reconcile his criticisms with the reality that many local residents decried the lack of shopping and services before this «big - box» mall existed, whether his «40/40/20» housing formula, in place of the common «80/20», is a state or
federal issue and his view of Congressman Rangel's argument that Rangel's experience allows him to more productively represent the
district.
Federal prosecutors, whom U.S.
District Judge Valerie Caproni ultimately agreed with, said an official act
includes «any action taken or to be taken under color of official authority.»
Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school
district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two
Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities
including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on
Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.
The trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in
Federal District Court in Manhattan on an eight - count indictment that
includes bribery and extortion charges is scheduled to begin today — just as the unrelated corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the State Assembly, enters its third week.
Law students working with Yale's legal services organization plan to file a class - action lawsuit in
Federal District Court today against Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut and the state's acting and former health commissioners on behalf of residents affected by Connecticut's Ebola quarantine policies,
including two who were Yale graduate students.
Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, 69, whose more - than -21-year tenure on the
Federal District Court in Manhattan
included a critical role in a controversial stop - and - frisk ruling affecting the Police Department, said she would resign from the bench in late April.
A total of eight people,
including Buffalo developer Louis Ciminelli and Syracuse executive Steven Aiello, were named in a 12 - count
federal criminal complaint unveiled by U.S. Attorney for the Southern
District Preet Bharara.
An increase in
federal funding for certain school
districts will help several
districts in New York,
including one in Orange County near West Point.
[2] After college he worked as an aide to several
federal and state lawmakers
including former State Assembly members Donald Davidsen and Jim Bacalles, who both represented parts of the
district that Palmesano now represents.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Bharara's former colleague in the state's Eastern
District — which
includes Brooklyn and Long Island — joined Twitter after taking her
federal post.
The Nassau and Suffolk
district attorneys, Schneiderman's office, the state Department of Labor and the
federal Department of Labor also are investigating Sandy contractors
including Looks Great over prevailing wage issues and how the contracts were awarded.
With local businesses,
including the Rochester Red Wings, ESL
Federal Credit Union, and many others, REF helped coordinate a quality summer internship program for city students until the school support component was eliminated by the city school
district.
«Among other items, the agenda will
include a revised version of the Education, Labor and Family Assistance Article VII bill that I was forced to veto earlier this year to prevent an unaffordable increase in school aid, an appropriation bill to authorize distribution of $ 607 million in
federal Education Jobs Fund money to school
districts, and necessary legislation to reorganize the New York City Off - Track Betting Corporation.»
Hawkins» platform
includes a call for a $ 15 hourly minimum wage rate, a ban on hydrofracking, using government money to hire unemployed workers for public projects, a single - payer healthcare program, rejecting the Common Core teaching standards (and the
federal money that came with them), refiguring school aid to give more help to poorer
districts and raising taxes on the richest New Yorkers.
Other potential Democratic candidates
include David Calone, a venture capitalist who also worked as a
federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who shares offices with Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for
district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the
district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.
Democrats are expected to endorse Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky — a former
federal prosecutor who has a stellar anti-corruption résumé,
including the successful prosecution of former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. (D - Bronx)-- for the Skelos seat, while Nassau Republicans, who suffered a surprise upset defeat in the race for
district attorney last month, are having trouble recruiting a candidate.
Lawyers for the father - son duo requested that the trial — slated to begin June 11 — be moved to Pennsylvania or even farther to a court
district that
includes Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, according to the Manhattan
federal court filing.
She was set Tuesday to file a legal declaration with the U.S.
District Court, hoping to block Bloomberg's effort to put on hold a judge's recommended reforms to stop - and - frisk,
including a
federal monitor.
She said if she's the Republican candidate for the 11th Congressional
District seat she will follow - through on post-Sandy
federal legislation,
including flood insurance reform, and the mapping of new
federal flood zones, which she said have «many ramifiactions» for Staten Islanders.
The categories according to the commission, will
include three Returning Officers for the three Senatorial
Districts (DC); eight Returning Officers for
Federal Constituencies (FC) and 10 Returning officers for State Constituencies (SC).
Federal investigators» interest in Percoco came to light in late April, when the administration acknowledged that it had received a wide - ranging subpoena from the office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern
District Preet Bharara seeking information about actions taken by a half - dozen current or former members of the administration,
including Percoco, that might have benefited two dozen companies that had received state funds or other benefits.
Voters in the
district, which
includes Jamaica, Queens Village, St. Albans and Hollis, decisively expelled Smith, who is currently awaiting retrial on
federal corruption charges.
Officials awaiting trial or retrial, as a result of the
federal investigations,
include former Suffolk County
District Attorney Thomas Spota and his top aide, Christopher McPartland; Mangano's former chief assistant, Rob Walker, and Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino.