Flynn news: DC Circuit US Court of Appeals has stayed decision to dismiss Flynn criminal case

[MelissaB]

NEWS: The DC Circuit US Court of Appeals has stayed its decision ordering Judge Emmet Sullivan to end former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn's criminal case while the entire en banc panel of appellate judges considers the issues.

Link to tweet

[Nevilledog]

1. Not a granting of review, yet.

But I think there will be an en banc review.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. What are those? nt

[Nevilledog]

5. An en banc review?

Where all the judges on the court hear the motion. More liberals than conservatives on this circuit.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. Ah, gotcha. As you can probably tell. I have

extensive knowledge of the legal system.

[Nevilledog]

9. I got ya covered.

27 years of it.

[iluvtennis]

11. Thanks for being our eyes and ears on the legal stuff - much appreciated. nt

[Nevilledog]

12. Welcome

Lots of good DU lawyers. I learn new things all the time.

[certainot]

13. can you tell me how they picked the original 3 - with two cons?

[Nevilledog]

15. Allegedly random

Appeals normally are decided by randomly assigned three-judge panels. The creation and scheduling of panels, and the assignment of specific cases to those panels, is handled by either the clerk of court's office or the circuit executive's office.

https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/appellate-courts-and-cases-journalists-guide

[certainot]

26. thx. random is possible

[kag]

14. I, too, am grateful...

to you and all of the other outstanding lawyers here on DU.

[Nevilledog]

16. ...

[CatWoman]

19. *hugs*

[Nevilledog]

20. How did you know I needed that?

[CaptainTruth]

27. +100 - It's so helpful! Thanks to all the legal eagles!

[Thekaspervote]

21. Great! Thx for weighing in!!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

24. Appreciate it! If you ever have any architecture or construction questions. I'm your man. nt

[Nevilledog]

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Had notebooks full of "buildings that would be awesome". Didn't like the math aspect. So my buildings would have looked great, right before they collapsed.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

33. Ha! You could always blame it on the

structutal engineer.....

[Nevilledog]

34. Everyone knows they're shady AF.

[onecaliberal]

2. Thank goddess.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. JUST IN: DC Circuit orders Flynn to reply by 7/20 to Judge Sullivan's en banc motion aimed at ...

1/100thTimeHat Retweeted

JUST IN: DC Circuit orders Flynn to reply by 7/20 to Judge Sullivan's en banc motion aimed at reclaiming authority to have a hearing on the government's motion to dismiss Flynn's false-statement prosecution. Panel order on hold for now. Earlier: https://politi.co/3iR9j32

Link to tweet

[Nevilledog]

6. I think that tweet in incorrect.

Flynn is being given the opportunity to argue that there should not be an en banc review. It's not a hearing on the merits.

[Gothmog]

8. Yeah

Link to tweet

[DallasNE]

17. Judge Sullivan Expressed That Mandamus Is Improperly Used In This Incident

And I expect he will prevail on this point. That means that Flynn's appeal will be rejected based on improper filing. I would expect that to green light Sullivan holding a hearing on why the case should be dropped. This is not good news for Flynn -- nor Barr.

[Nevilledog]

28. Here's a link to Sullivan's motion for rehearing en banc

https://utexas.app.box.com/s/na0lhzm43wxkawg78bt12o2tz58widj0

They are all out of fucks to give......enjoyed reading it.

[iluvtennis]

29. "This is not good news for Flynn -- nor Barr" - that's awesome news! nt

[EarnestPutz]

10. I kind of like the courts admonition to both parties to limit their responses....

....to 3900 words. I'll be flip about this and say our government needs more such limitations, if not our lives in general. I am curious though as to where the 3900 number came from and how this translates into pages,

[TomSlick]

30. We lawyers need word or page limits.

Only a lawyer could draft a thirty page document and call it a "brief."

[EarnestPutz]

31. That's true enough. The other thing is time limits. That appelate court this is...

...considering the dismissal of charges against Flynn has given the DOJ and the trial judge short time frames to respond.

[TomSlick]

32. There are always deadlines.

In routine matters, the deadlines are set by court rules. The court can always set shorter or longer deadlines.

[PNW-Dem]

18. More legal Bill's for Flynn to pay

or find someone else to pay...

[Merlot]

22. That's what republican donors are for.

[budkin]

23. Good, this traitor cannot be let off the hook

It's insane.