Sentences with phrase «magistrate judge concluded»

The magistrate judge concluded that Carthorne's lawyer was sufficiently effective «essentially for the same reasons that the Fourth Circuit found no plain (i.e., obvious) error on direct appeal.»

Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, lost or destroyed records and documents that likely contained evidence relevant to injury lawsuits over the medical device company's vaginal mesh implants, a federal magistrate judge concluded in a pretrial order issued Feb. 4, 2014.

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High - level Justice Department officials and a magistrate judge had to conclude there was probable cause that Cohen had evidence of a federal crime, that he could not be trusted to hand over evidence voluntarily, and that there was reason to believe Cohen had voided his attorney - client privilege by «engaging in crime or fraud,» attorney Ken White writes.

A federal magistrate judge has concluded that a neo-Nazi website publisher could be held liable for the conduct of readers who carried out an anti-Semitic «troll storm» against a Montana real estate agent's family.

The Utah federal magistrate judge handling Mitchell's case concluded in April that the Utah Supreme Court hadn't clearly answered the question of whether lawmakers could revive expired claims.