Federal Law
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4.5KFifth Circuit Judicial Council Immunity Leaves Rogue Judges’ Secretary in the Cold
The court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, concluding Danos’s claims were barred by sovereign immunity.
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3.0KFifth Circuit Judge Edith Clement Applies the Mandatory Fairness Requirement re An Opportunity to Be Heard
In the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, fairness requires that a litigant have the opportunity to be heard before a...
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3.5KFifth Circuit Judge Edith Brown Clement Understands the Various Badges of Fraud in Law. The Caveat is Lawyers Are Immune
An individual badge of fraud is not conclusive, but a concurrence of many badges in the same case will always make out...
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4.0KThe Virginia State Bar is Interested in Threesomes but Not Criminal Perjury
Virginia lawyer Scott Lehman is facing state bar complaint he tried to get a jailed client to have a threesome with him...
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2.7KTexas Bankruptcy Lawyer Finches $88k in Client Funds and Is Not in Jail nor Disbarred
On July 6, 2020, Richard Otto Habermann agreed to a five-year partially probated suspension, 6 months active, remainder probated.
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4.7K1It’s Still Cookin’ in the County Hot Potato Case. A Letter is Issued to the Chief Judge Smashing the Sanctions Order
Magistrate Judge Harjani did not take into account the Hot Potato Doctrine which does not protect the Goodwin Procter lawyers violations.
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4.2KJudge Werlein Jr Sentences Tax Preparer to 9 years Jail but No Mention of the 3 Money Laundering Law Firms Who Aided and Abetted in Criminal Fraud
The jury heard that Fields fraudulently obtained $3,097,974.19 in tax refunds from the IRS and kept approximately $1,302,271.75 for himself.
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3.7KGuide to Judiciary Policy Vol. 2E, Ch. 3 (2019)
VOL. 2: ETHICS AND JUDICIAL CONDUCT; Ch. 3: Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Proceedings
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4.0K1Judge Bucklo’s Avoiding The Hot Potato Ethical Questions in this Sanctions Motion but Sends the Messenger Magistrate to Tell it’s Mashed Up Tale
The Hot Potato Rule is a serious matter and Goodwin Law and their attorneys Tom Hefferon, Matt Sheldon et al should have...
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4.2KSenior Judge Lynn Hughes Extrajudicial Blunder Results in Recusal Motion
Judge Hughes was actively looking on google was itself prejudicial, extrajudicial material that created a bias evidenced in court.
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2.4KOCWEN is a Debt Collector
U.S. District Judge Corrigan admits that there is a split in Florida federal courts re convenience fees assessed against OCWEN borrowers.
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2.4KThe Codes of Conduct Committee Failed in Providing Ethical Guidance to Federal Judges and Public Trust has Evaporated Completely
The committee, late last month, capitulated. It withdrew its draft for no stated reason other than a lack of agreement by judges.
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3.0KThrice. Texas Ethics and Federal Appeals in 2020
A Theoretical dismissal is Not Justice. Unlike the Burkes, not a shred of evidence was presented by Hopkins to support his claims.
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2.7KSenate Judiciary and Code of Conduct Snubbed by Judges Lagoa and Luck as they Refuse to Recuse in Florida Voting Case
Judge Barbara Lagoa, a Trump appointee, asked whether upholding Hinkle’s ruling also required the appeals court to strike down Amendment 4.
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2.4KBenchbook for U.S. District Court Judges (Civil Section 6.01)
Before issuing a scheduling order, most judges find it advisable to hold a case-management conference to learn more about the case.
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4.7KRemoved Texas State Judge Smoots-Thomas is Arrested While Out on Bond. She’s Barrelling Out of Control says Her Lawyer
Smoots-Thomas has since been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, court records show. Bond was set at $10,000.
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2.5KA Complaint Against A Federal Judge is Investigated by the Chief Judge so Why is This Judge Ruling on Her Own Complaint?
Unconstitutional Senior Judge Clement should not have considered the Burke's request for information about her own judicial complaint,
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2.9KThe Frazzled Sequel: Cato File another Amicus Brief into the Fifth Circuit’s All American Case And It’s Hard-Hitting
CATO argue that allowing the CFPB to carry on with unconstitutionally initiated actions would perpetuate the earlier constitutional violation.
