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“Well, you know what magistrates are. The lowest form of pond life. When a fellow hasn’t the brains and initiative to sell jellied eels, they make him a magistrate.”
– P.G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit” (1955)
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Reforming the system will be difficult and face resistance from many fronts. Moreover, activists will likely run into an even greater, institutional hurdle: The judges.
“Taking power away from judges is like taking a piece of meat out of a lion’s mouth.”https://t.co/QmAoO8MFih pic.twitter.com/yLT9HNaY6d
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Magistrate Judge Christina A. Bryan and District Judge Sim Lake Eviscerated by Fifth Circuit
The district court, in adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation, erred in dismissing Sharnez’s § 1981, § 1982, and Title II claims.
Fifth Circuit: “Acceleration Abandoned. But We Already Foreclosed The Waldens Home in 2021”
This case is a clear example of what LIT continuously highlights. Foreclosure mill counsel are duplicating cases and fees in foreclosures.
Judge Shopping in Texas Joined by Circuit Shopping at the Fifth Circuit Now Under Supreme Court Scrutiny
Nearly a quarter of the cases—23.4%—the Supreme Court has targeted for review this term so far come from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Harris County Criminal Magistrate Judge Sharon Chu aka Muharib’s Bad Faith Bankruptcy Dismissed
Jan. 2024: The judges of Harris County District Courts appointed Sharon Chu Criminal Law Hearing Officer. In federal court, this happened.
Homeowner Strikes Back: Counters Wolves Predatory Legal Scheme to Protract Litigation Until Death
Discover Josef Lamell’s battle against predatory legal tactics: at age 74, he stands against a scheme which has seen many meet untimely ends.
Foreclosure Wolf Mark Cronenwett for US Bank Takes a Bite at Lamell’s Time Expired Argument
This is a state case not a federal case as the PNC v. Howard Supreme Court decision affirmed. It has no place being decided relying upon erie.
Meet Judge Carl E. Stewart of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.) https://t.co/km2DufH8AB pic.twitter.com/wkDgBagvsT
— LawsInTexas (@lawsintexasusa) December 23, 2020
