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5.8KJudge Gena Slaughter Fails, Fails and Fails Again, But Receives Only a Specially Commissioned Public Slap
Dallas judge Gena Slaughter received a public warning, a lesser sanction than the public reprimand ordered in 2019. That's unacceptable based on...
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4.3KImpeach Judge David Hittner. That’s the Request Before the Fifth Circuit’s Chief Judge Priscilla Owen
Judge David Hittner's actions are so uncivilized and unlawful, they are impeachable. He deserves to be stripped from wearing a black robe,...
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2.9KFifth Circuit Judge Graves Authors 3-Panel Opinion with Mandate to Unseal Records, Reversing Lower Court
The district court reasoned that sealing was justified because of "the child's privacy interest in being protected from financial predators or others...
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3.4KThe Fifth Circuit’s Dismissal of the Burkes 2019 Judicial Complaint Has Now Been Proven to Be Error, in Law
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1.9KThe Fifth Circuit Make Another Plain Error in Front of the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a per curiam order March 23, instructing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to conduct...
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2.9KThree Prosecutors Feelin’ the Blues after Jazz Ticket Scandal
Three Utah County prosecutors resigned recently in the middle of a misconduct investigation involving allegations they received inappropriate gifts from a defense...
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3.6KHow to Make a Judicial Complaint Citing the Right Arguments In Law
The fact is many of those with judicial grievances normally pen judicial complaints while high on emotions and fall into the trap...
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3.6KI Swear On My Pinkey I Didn’t Issue Arrest Warrants During CoronaVirus Says Judge Facing Disciplinary Charges
We are in a time of unprecedented crisis. We must focus on clearing as many people as possible out of our jails...
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2.8K2The Texas Death Warrant May Proceed for Elderly Homeowners. But Texas Won’t Execute Death Row Killer
Two elderly citizens, in poor health and fighting a wrongful foreclosure, are issued a 'death warrant' only 5 days after Gov. Abbott's...
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2.9KJudge Swops Favorable Ruling for a Beach House Vacation at the Lawyers’ Insistence. Here’s What Happened.
A Pennsylvania lawyer has won reinstatement to practice after his suspension for letting a Luzerne County judge use his beach house in...
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3.2KThompson & Knight Bemoan Loss of Profits in 2019 after Bumper 2018 Gains. However, Bankruptcy Indicators in 2020 Are Robust
2020 started out a bit above budget, Sloan said, noting that uncertainty in energy markets led the firm to budget conservatively for...
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2.7K1The Texas Death Warrant Detailed. Why Texas Citizens Should be Very Scared.
"We can't do a capital punishment case, and one judge confessed to me that this is the closest thing that he has...
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2.7KA Pro Se Attorney Who Threatened Opposing Counsel Appeals Commission for Lawyer Discipline Sanction. It Did Not Impress a Wise Panel
During the middle of a trial, attorney Jack Yetiv threatened to file a disciplinary grievance against opposing counsel Bruce Wilkin unless Wilkin...
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2.1KEvery Tom, Dick and Harry Wants to Seal Records, But That’s Not How the Courts’ Work. Well, Theoretically
Secrecy is fine at the discovery stage, before the material enters the judicial record. But those documents, usually a small subset of...
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2.3KMotion to Intervene is a Right of The Press and the Public
The public thus has a right to access complaints in pending cases, in the weeks before an answer is filed, in the...
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2.9KTexas Immigration Attorney Allowed to Resign Quietly By the Texas Supreme Court
As disciplinary issues for this Arlington based Texas Immigration attorney mounted, David Do was apparently fast to resign. Texas Supreme Court obliged.
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3.0KMeanwhile it’s Far From OK for this Prosecutor in Oklahoma
A Tulsa County prosecutor will undergo a professional tribunal this week that could determine her discipline over allegations that staff members under...
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5.3K1Texas Southern University Admissions Scandal is Appalling. Criminal Indictments Need to Be Issued. The Audit Report Already Proves the Corruption
Texas Southern University awarded more than $400,000 in scholarships to poorly performing students in a scheme to boost enrollment and enrich a...
