The Latest Breaking News from District Court

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

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

Reason · Mar 17, 2023

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…

Reason · Mar 16, 2023

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.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 15, 2023

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.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

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.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

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.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

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.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

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.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 8, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023

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…

Ballotpedia · Mar 6, 2023