Avalon Zoppo

April 04, 2022 | National Law Journal

The panel voted 11-11 on the nomination of Freeman, a longtime public defender.

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3 minute read

April 04, 2022 | National Law Journal

Several other attorneys who filed lawsuits attempting to overturn the 2020 election results are facing sanctions and discipline in other states.

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3 minute read

April 04, 2022 | National Law Journal

The National Association of Immigration Judges alleges a Department of Justice public speech policy for immigration judges is unconstitutional, but the Fourth Circuit said that the district court lacks jurisdiction over the case.

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3 minute read

April 01, 2022 | National Law Journal

Barron, 54, was nominated to the bench in 2014 by former President Obama.

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2 minute read

March 31, 2022 | National Law Journal

"If not vacated en banc, the panel majority's opinion here will deepen the circuit split," Judge Carlos Bea wrote in a dissent joined by 10 other judges.

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3 minute read

March 30, 2022 | National Law Journal

"I remain quite skeptical of the value of this and its utility at an appellate level," said a Ninth Circuit judge and member of a judiciary rules panel considering expanding disclosure requirements for amicus briefs.

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4 minute read

March 29, 2022 | National Law Journal

The rule would have given officials sued in their individual capacities more time to answer lawsuits after a judge denies a motion to dismiss.

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3 minute read

March 28, 2022 | National Law Journal

John Baker, who retired in December 2021 as a brigadier general in the U.S. Marine Corps, replaces Anthony Martinez as federal public defender for the Western District of North Carolina.

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3 minute read

March 28, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The D.C. Circuit is the only federal appeals court to rule on the tuition reimbursement issue so far, but appeals are pending in other parts of the country.

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4 minute read

March 25, 2022 | National Law Journal

Thomas' lone dissent in a Jan. 6 records-related case came after his wife exchanged 29 texts with a former Trump official about overturning the 2020 election.

By Avalon Zoppo

7 minute read