R. Robin Mcdonald
April 23, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Former City CFO Asks Judge to Disqualify US Attorney From InvestigationU.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak said that a temporary restraining order disqualifying him from the investigating former City of Atlanta CFO Jim Beard would slow down the City Hall corruption investigation, which has been ongoing since at least 2017.
By R. Robin McDonald
5 minute read
April 22, 2020 | Daily Report Online
UPDATED: Feds Fight Efforts to Release Reality Winner From Prison With Reported COVID-19 OutbreakFederal prosecutors are fighting to keep Reality Winner—the first person prosecuted by the Trump administration for leaking information to the media—in a Texas prison, rather than release her to serve the remaining 19 months of a 63-month sentence in home confinement.
By R. Robin McDonald
6 minute read
April 21, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Federal Suit by Former Staffer Accuses Fulton DA of Harassment, RetaliationA federal lawsuit accuses Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard of soliciting sexual favors from a longtime former staffer.
By R. Robin McDonald
5 minute read
April 21, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Federal Judge Will Not Suspend Georgia Handgun Carry License Law During COVID-19 ThreatA federal judge in Atlanta has rejected a request to suspend the state's handgun carry license law during the ongoing COVID-19 emergency.
By R. Robin McDonald
3 minute read
April 20, 2020 | Daily Report Online
How Georgia Courthouse Staff Helped the High Court Hold Oral Arguments From Miles AwayChief Justice Harold Melton commended his colleagues on the bench for their willingness "to try whatever is necessary to keep the courts moving."
By R. Robin McDonald
4 minute read
April 17, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Chief Judge Refuses to Expedite Hearing to Release Reality Winner From Prison Where 2 Inmates Have COVID-19Randal Hall, chief judge of the Southern District of Georgia, has given federal prosecutors two weeks to respond to a motion to commute Reality Winner's sentence to home confinement, despite a COVID-19 infection at FMC-Carswell, where Winner is serving time for leaking information about Russian hackers to the news media.
By R. Robin McDonald
5 minute read
April 17, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Another One: 6 Judges Have Stepped Down From this Case by Candidates Suing to Run for Georgia's High CourtSix state Supreme Court justices have now recused from hearing an appeal over whether to reinstate an election for the seat currently held by colleague Justice Keith Blackwell. But three justices remain on the case.
By R. Robin McDonald
3 minute read
April 17, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Lawyers Are Phoning In for Oral Arguments. Here's How One Federal Judge Thinks It's GoingJudge Charles Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reflects on the first time in the circuit's history that oral arguments were conducted by telephone, while lawyers, judges and their staffs were forced to shelter in place because of COVID-19.
By R. Robin McDonald
6 minute read
April 16, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Gun-Toting Attorney Files 2 New Lawsuits to Challenge Georgia's License Carry LawThe general counsel of GeorgiaCarry.Org has been enlisted by two other pro-gun groups to challenge a Georgia law requiring a license to carry a handgun in public.
By R. Robin McDonald
4 minute read
April 15, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Federal Judge Ponders Suspension of Georgia's Gun Carry License Law During COVID-19A member of a Georgia organization devoted to unfettered gun rights has asked a federal judge in Atlanta to suspend a state law requiring gun owners be licensed to carry a handgun in public while the state's probate judges have suspended licensing as nonessential.
By R. Robin McDonald
4 minute read
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