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Judge Lee Rudofsky (E.D. Ark.) Suggests Filing of Amicus Briefs, Offers Oral Argument to Junior Lawyers

From Order on Amicus Briefs, just issued today; it will be entered in all of Judge Rudofsky's civil cases: When I was practicing law, I often wondered why amicus briefs were generally not filed at the district court level. It occurred to me back then that such briefs could have…

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Texas alleges Biden administration unlawfully enacted 2023 federal budget

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Feb. 15, 2023, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenging the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2023, arguing in part that certain CAA provisions violate state sovereignty and that Congress unlawfully passed the law without…

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Defence lawyer calls for merciful sentence for father who stabbed son after argument over computer game

Adelaide's District Court is preparing to sentence a man who fatally stabbed his son on the APY Lands after an argument over a computer game the teenager wanted.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Herring monitors, state-created dangers, and kicking out the jams.

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Two Colorado Federal Judges Start Providing Summaries of Opinions for Pro Se Litigants

Colorado Politics (Michael Karlik) reports: A second federal judge in Colorado appears to have adopted the practice of summarizing her decisions in plain English for people who represent themselves before the court. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney, a 2022 appointee of President Joe Biden, recently issued multiple written…

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Harbour Bridge climate protester's jail term overturned on appeal

Deanna Maree CoCo was issued with a 12-month conditional release order after a District Court Judge heard she had been initially imprisoned on false information from NSW Police.

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Jail sentence overturned for climate change activist who blocked Sydney Harbour Bridge

Climate activist Deanna "Violet" Coco last year was handed a 15-month jail sentence but that has been overturned by the NSW District Court.

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Peter Bartlett tells court he was 'stunned' by gold theft allegations against 'protégé' Patrick Keogh

Well-known mining entrepreneur Peter Bartlett has told the trial of his former "protégé" that he was in "shock", "stunned" and "broken" when Patrick Keogh was accused of stealing gold and repeatedly "begged" him to change his statement.

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Democratic attorneys general sue Biden administration over FDA abortion pill regulation

A group of 12 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Feb. 23, 2023, arguing that the agency’s regulations on the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone violate state sovereignty by limiting the…

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D.C. Circuit Reverses District Court for the Third Time in a Single Case

Somehow a district court has made erroneous rulings three times in one case, and still has not reached the merits.

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Former Byron Bay firefighter and co-accused jailed for smuggling cocaine in extinguisher

Scott Edward Biber, 59, and Philip David Emanuel, 52, will spend at least three years in jail for transporting cocaine from Sydney's eastern suburbs to the north coast in 2020.

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Toowoomba taxi driver gets seven weeks' jail for sexually assaulting passenger he followed to bed

Toowoomba driver avoids deportation after jury finds him guilty of following a drunk woman into her bedroom after helping her to her front door.

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Witness tells court Milton Orkopoulos gave him money after forcing him to perform oral sex

A witness has told a NSW District Court that, as a child, former state government minister Milton Orkopoulos forced him to perform a sex act.

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Former Adelaide Remand Centre general manager sentenced for stealing from prisoners

The former general manager of the Adelaide Remand Centre will spend at least another year behind bars for stealing money from the inmates he was managing, in offending that a District Court judge described as "striking at the heart" of the custodial system.

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Nathan Paul denies holding up pubs at Stockton and Cardiff

A Mayfield man accused of robbing the Iron Horse Inn at Cardiff and holding up the Boatrowers Hotel at Stockton has pleaded not guilty and will face a trial in Newcastle District Court.

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Ex-Trump campaign chairman agrees to pay $3.15m to settle case over failure to report foreign bank accounts

The Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Paul Manafort ends with the settlement

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Upcoming Article III Judicial Vacancies

According to the latest vacancy data from the U.S. Courts, there were 23 total announced upcoming vacancies for Article III judgeships. Article III judgeships refer to federal judges who serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of International Trade, or one of the 13 U.S. courts of appeal…

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Taxi driver Tariq Ali pleads not guilty in Toowoomba court to alleged sexual assault

A woman apologised to a taxi driver for becoming emotional while he was driving her home before he allegedly followed her into her house and assaulted her, a court has heard.

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Rape charges dropped against Townsville former doctor accused of assaulting patient

Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a former doctor accused of raping a woman who was his patient in Townsville.

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Man charged with raping and choking partner granted bail by SA Supreme Court because of trial delays

SA's highest-ranking judge found that the current delays in getting the case to trial amounted to "special circumstances" and ordered the man's release from custody under strict conditions.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Flouncing, flaunting, flirting, flouting, foundering, and flounting.

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Sexual abuse victim of convicted Penrhos College teacher Jay Walsh says women must 'rescue each other'

One of the women who was sexually abused by Jay Walsh at Perth's Penrhos College in the 1980s urges any other possible victims to come forward, saying they "need to rescue each other" from what happened to them.

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Gun Carry Licenses, Self-Defense, and Sealing

From Montaquila v. Neronha, decided today by the Rhode Island Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Melissa Long: On October 28, 2020, Providence police officers arrested Mr. Montaquila for misdemeanor simple assault after an incident involving his firearm at his place of business…. Eventually the government dismissed the charge…

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Householder's claims questioned as corruption testimony ends

Prosecutors have used the former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s own speeches, photographs and conversations against him as they seek to unravel the Republican’s denials of key elements of the secretly funded $60 million racketeering scheme they allege he carried out on behalf of FirstEnergy Corp. Householder and co-defendant Matt…

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Penrhos College drama teacher Jay Walsh convicted of sexually abusing students

Jay Walsh was a drama teacher at Penrhos College, one of Perth's prestigious private schools, when he abused five students, with a District Court jury convicting him late yesterday.

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