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Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 29, 2018
She cited precedents in two appellate courts, including the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which governs the federal district of Minnesota, that support her findings. Carrott has not yet ruled on the Wetterlings' motion to suppress documents they found overly intrusive. While Kendall determined lastÃâà...
FDA.gov
March 29, 2018
Federal judge approves consent decree with New York dietary supplement manufacturer Riddhi USA ... The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a consent decree of permanent injunction with Riddhi USA, Inc. and Mohd M. Alam, president and owner of Riddhi USA, Inc.,Ãâà...
KIRO Seattle
March 29, 2018
SEATTLE - A federal judge in Seattle opened the door Thursday for thousands of immigrants to apply for asylum, finding that the Department of Homeland Security has routinely failed to notify them of a deadline for filing their applications. U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez issued the ruling in aÃâà...
New York Times
March 29, 2018
Citing President Trump's “racially charged language,” a federal judge in Brooklyn ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit seeking to preserve a program that protects .... Judges around the country have also mentioned the president's tweets and remarks while issuing orders about his travel ban and decision to barÃâà...
CNN
March 29, 2018
(CNN) A federal judge in California put a temporary stop Thursday to efforts by Stormy Daniels' attorney to depose President Donald Trump and his personal ... Judge S. James Otero of the US District Court for the Central District of California denied the motion for an expedited trial and discovery process,Ãâà...
NPR
March 29, 2018
Last year, Maine Gov. Paul LePage stayed at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, a federal judge cited the visit as evidence in an emoluments case against President Trump. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Portland Press Herald reporter Scott Thistle, who broke the story lastÃâà...
ABC News
March 29, 2018
U.S. District Court S. James Otero Thursday called Daniels request for depositions and a speedy trial “untimely” and “premature,” since Trump and Cohen have not had the required 21 days to respond to her complaint or to formally seek a move to arbitration. Judge Otero also noted that Daniels – in whatÃâà...
Law.com
March 29, 2018
The legal fight over California's immigration sanctuary laws will stay in Sacramento, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge John Mendez rejected California Attorney General Xavier Becerra's effort to transfer the case, filed in earlier this month, to the Northern District court in San Francisco.
Tulsa World
March 27, 2018
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to stop terminating funding for those with disabilities to stay at home. Money for those who ... Chief U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton ruled Monday that there was no longer an issue to be decided since state agencies ultimately provided funding for the two programs.
New York Times
March 27, 2018
The criteria were first used last year in his Supreme Court selection of Neil M. Gorsuch, an appeals court judge who became something of a hero on the .... In its decision, the court said judges must defer to reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes by federal agencies on the theory that agenciesÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 27, 2018
A judge is forcing the Trump administration to sit down with environmental groups to figure out how to balance climate change concerns with continued mining in the West that supplies 40 percent of the nation's coal. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris in Montana issued a ruling Monday that the InteriorÃâà...
ABC6OnYourSide.com
March 27, 2018
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cleveland police officers must adhere to a new "bias-free" policing policy approved by a federal judge. Cleveland.com reports the move announced Friday is the latest reform under a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice that the city agreed to in 2015. The agreement was designed to endÃâà...
KTAR.com
March 27, 2018
Doug Ducey violates federal law and that Arizona may have to repay at least $344 million to the state land trust. But the governor's lawyer, Michael Liburdi, said Congress approved the payouts last week and the ruling is off base. U.S. District Judge Neil Wake ruled that the payouts under a 2015 settlementÃâà...
WABC-TV
March 27, 2018
Federal judge rules against Pulse nightclub shooter's widow ... U.S. District Judge Paul Byron rejected a defense motion for a mistrial of Noor Salman, who is accused of helping her husband plan his June 2016 ... Salman, now 31 and the mother of a small child, is being tried in federal court in Orlando.
U.S. News & World Report
March 27, 2018
U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman is one of four federal judges who have issued orders blocking Trump's decision last year to overturn an Obama-era directive allowing transgender troops to serve openly. On Friday, Trump issued a new policy following a Pentagon review, saying transgender troopsÃâà...
Arizona Capitol Times
March 27, 2018
A federal judge ruled Monday that the funding scheme used by Gov. Doug Ducey to increase aid to schools is unconstitutional. In a 35-page order, Judge Neil Wake said the federal Enabling Act that made Arizona (and New Mexico) a state in 1912 and gave it lands to hold in trust for schools allows theÃâà...
The Chronicle of Higher Education
March 25, 2018
The Obama administration did not consider all of the relevant evidence before revoking the federal recognition of an embattled accreditor of for-profit colleges, a federal judge ruled on Friday. Reggie B. Walton, a U.S. District Court judge for the District of Columbia, wrote in a 66-page opinion that theÃâà...
The Advocate
March 11, 2018
New Orleans prosecutors have asked a federal judge to dismiss a far-reaching lawsuit brought by civil rights groups against the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office over its use of aggressive tactics like jailing ... U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo has yet to rule on the motion to toss out the case.
Politico
March 11, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Saturday railed against federal judges for impeding President Donald Trump's national agenda, telling students at a ... On topics like Trump's proposed travel ban and the ending of an Obama-era immigration program, Sessions complained that a single federal judge isÃâà...
Mashable
March 10, 2018
And now — for the first time — a federal judge will listen as both sides present their understanding of climate science and the causes of global warming before the court. The hearing, referred to by the judge as a "tutorial," will address at least 14 specific questions that U.S. District Court Judge William AlsupÃâà...
Philly.com
March 10, 2018
Retired U.S. District Judge John P. Fullam, 96, noted for Abscam, Penn Central cases ... John Patrick Fullam, 96, a Bucks County farm boy who went to Harvard Law School and became a federal judge whose gutsy decision reversed the convictions of two defendants in the Abscam political-corruption trialÃâà...
Carlisle Sentinel
March 10, 2018
HARRISBURG — A request to stop Pennsylvania elections officials from using a map of the state's congressional districts produced by the state Supreme Court last month was in the hands of a three-judge federal panel Friday, at the same time a similar effort was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Meadville Tribune
March 10, 2018
HARRISBURG — A panel of U.S. District Court judges heard arguments Friday in a request by state and federal Republican lawmakers to get a state ... Judge Christopher Conner and Judge Kent Jordan were chosen for the federal bench by President George W. Bush, while Judge Jerome Simandle wasÃâà...
witf.org
March 10, 2018
A panel of three federal judges heard arguments Friday in a case over whether the commonwealth's Supreme Court violated the federal constitution ... Judge Kent Jordan pushed back on the defendants' assertion that the full, 139-page opinion didn't substantively elaborate on the state court's criteria forÃâà...
Monroe News Star
March 10, 2018
MONROE — Louisiana's newest federal judge officially took his seat on the Western District bench Friday afternoon when Terry Doughty was sworn in here at the federal courthouse. Doughty, 59, of Rayville, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate Monday. President Donald Trump signed Doughty's commissionÃâà...
Indianapolis Star
March 9, 2018
Lawsuit urges federal judge to add more early-voting sites in Marion County ... In the latest development in an ongoing lawsuit over early-voting access in the state's largest county, plaintiffs have asked U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker to order the Marion County Election Board to add additionalÃâà...
Kansas City Star
March 9, 2018
U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson has repeatedly warned Kobach's team about trying to introduce evidence that has not been shared with the plaintiffs during the first three days of the high stakes trial, which will determine whether thousands can vote in Kansas this November. Kobach complained that theÃâà...
CNBC
March 9, 2018
A federal judge on Thursday expressed skepticism about whether U.S. President Donald Trump can constitutionally block Twitter users whose views he does not like from following and retweeting from his own Twitter account. At a hearing in Manhattan federal court, U.S. District Judge Naomi ReiceÃâà...
