beSpacific<p>Interim US Attorney Ed Martin announced dismissal this afternoon of roughly 80 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federalprosecutors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalprosecutors</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/attorneys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attorneys</span></a> who worked on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CapitolRiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitolRiots</span></a> cases <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/jan6th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jan6th</span></a> in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> office over past 4 yrs two...cuts amount to about 8% of office’s prosecutors. Combined with a recently announced freeze on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/promotions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>promotions</span></a>, the openings will have impacts across office’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellate</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SuperiorCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperiorCourt</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/violentcrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violentcrime</span></a> divisions, where some prosecutors had been previously reassigned. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/31/jan6-prosecutors-fired-dc-martin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20</span><span class="invisible">25/01/31/jan6-prosecutors-fired-dc-martin/</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>The prosecutors were still under probationary status, allowing the firings w/o recourse under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> policy….<br>
Notifications went out Fri to people who served in the office’s now-disbanded Capitol siege prosecution section…. The cuts amount to about 8% of the office’s prosecutors. Combined with a recently announced freeze on hiring & promotions, the openings will have impacts across the office’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellate</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SuperiorCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperiorCourt</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ViolentCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViolentCrime</span></a> divisions…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeditiousConspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeditiousConspiracy</span></a></p>
Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD<p>I'm having a super fun weekend working on my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Superfund</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellate</span></a> brief! 🛢️🎉 It's due Tuesday. </p><p>This brief requires a mix of something I love (human rights policy) and something I despise (an overwhelming & unnecessary amount of seemingly arbitrary procedural rules), but I'm making good progress . 📚🖋️☕</p>
beSpacific<p>Via <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LLRX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLRX</span></a> <a href="https://www.llrx.com/2024/07/unlocking-history-how-a-small-group-of-researchers-dominates-the-declassification-appeals-process/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">llrx.com/2024/07/unlocking-his</span><span class="invisible">tory-how-a-small-group-of-researchers-dominates-the-declassification-appeals-process/</span></a> Unlocking <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a>: How a Small Group of Researchers Dominates the Declassification Appeals Process. Attorney & <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FOIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOIA</span></a> expert Michael Ravnitzky shines a spotlight on people, process and procedural challenges with his illuminating article. A small core group of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>researchers</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historians</span></a> have filed most of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/declassification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>declassification</span></a> appeals being reviewed by responsible <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellate</span></a> body. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/governmentdocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governmentdocuments</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freedomofinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofinformation</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amer</span></a> questions <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffMcConney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffMcConney</span></a> more about how he <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/valued" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>valued</span></a> specific <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/properties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>properties</span></a> & what info he may have excluded from his accountants’ assessment.</p><p>Note: Trump’s principal lawyer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChrisKise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisKise</span></a> is absent today.</p><p>Trump's legal team this morning filed a stay request to the state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appellate</span></a> Division (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AD1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AD1</span></a>), to halt the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trial</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dismiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dismiss</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Engoron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engoron</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SummaryJudgment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SummaryJudgment</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kise</span></a>, who was Florida’s solicitor general, (the top FL appellate lawyer). So presumably he’s dealing w/ they stay.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Back to my <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Day4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Day4</span></a> 🧵<br>The trial gaveled back in session after a lunch.</p><p>Trump’s lawyers argued w/ lawyers from the AG's office about the motion Trump's team plans to file for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stay</span></a> pending their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appeal</span></a>. Trump's team said they have not filed yet, but plan to file in front of the First Dept of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appellate</span></a> Div tomorrow. They refused to disclose the scope of the requested stay before Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Engoron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engoron</span></a>, insisting that the motion will be presented to the AD1, not the trial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a>.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> team have said repeatedly that they “won 80% of the trial,” because an appellate court *intended* to dismiss claims based on statutes of limitations. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Engoron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engoron</span></a> has not dismissed any portion of the AG’s case, but the defense is suing him over what they say is an improper refusal to follow the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellate</span></a> court order. Engoron acknowledged the blanket <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/objection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>objection</span></a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bender</span></a> proceeded to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testify</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Oh FFS; Before the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/witness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DonaldBender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldBender</span></a>, could even begin testifying, one of Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s attorneys issued a preemptive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/objection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>objection</span></a>. Chris <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kise</span></a> told Justice Arthur <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Engoron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engoron</span></a> that he objected to various parts of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountant</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimony</span></a> & wanted to issue a “blanket objection” based on an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellate</span></a> ruling in June.</p><p>“As you know we won an appellate victory in June of this year,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kise</span></a> said. “We make a blanket <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/objection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>objection</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimony</span></a> in that regard.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a></p>
Alexander Greenberg<p>Re-introduction for those new to the site. I’m a second-year law student at CU Boulder. I know a lot about food and movies, and a bit about law. </p><p><a href="https://law.builders/tags/lawtwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawtwitter</span></a> <a href="https://law.builders/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://law.builders/tags/appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellate</span></a> <a href="https://law.builders/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://law.builders/tags/NewHere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewHere</span></a></p>
Caroline Platt<p>I never did an <a href="https://appellate.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> post. I am an <a href="https://appellate.social/tags/appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellate</span></a> federal <a href="https://appellate.social/tags/publicdefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicdefender</span></a>. Previously a proud DC resident who practiced in the Eastern District of Virginia, now living in Los Angeles and working in the CDCa. <a href="https://appellate.social/tags/appellatetwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellatetwitter</span></a> <a href="https://appellate.social/tags/appellatemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellatemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://appellate.social/tags/DCstatehood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DCstatehood</span></a> <a href="https://appellate.social/tags/abolishprisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abolishprisons</span></a></p>
Jim Oleske<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawProf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawProf</span></a> in Portland teaching <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a>, Law & Religion, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Torts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torts</span></a> (have also taught <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdministrativeLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdministrativeLaw</span></a>). Have written on religious exemptions, particularly the intersection with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> rights, as well as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a>.</p><p>Previously: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellate</span></a> advocacy & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> work.</p><p>Non <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> interests include <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>running</span></a> (though I do not anticipate discussing electoral politics much here).</p><p>Recently co-authored this amicus brief: <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/21-476/234068/20220819151646685_303%20amicus%208.19.22%20CLEAN.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/</span><span class="invisible">21-476/234068/20220819151646685_303%20amicus%208.19.22%20CLEAN.pdf</span></a></p>
Richard Heppner<p>So, an <a href="https://mastodon.lawprofs.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> toot is, I gather, in order. Umm, I'm me. I teach <a href="https://mastodon.lawprofs.org/tags/CivPro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivPro</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.lawprofs.org/tags/FederalCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalCourts</span></a> at Duquesne Kline School of Law in <a href="https://mastodon.lawprofs.org/tags/Pittsburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pittsburgh</span></a>. Before that, I was an <a href="https://mastodon.lawprofs.org/tags/appellate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellate</span></a> attorney at Reed Smith. And before that I was an English Literature professor. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I write about that stuff. I'm also working with students right now to create a Civ Pro game.</p>
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