Results for “U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams”

4.2.12 WC: 191694 Early the next morning, he called me back. “I’ve spoken to Abe Chayes,” he said referring to a Harvard Law professor who was then serving as legal counsel in the State Department. “He’s a bit more optimistic that cooler heads will prevail. Come into work.” So...

…ocedural law, institutional design, and resource allocation - designed to improve enforcement capacity. In other words, U.S. jurisdictions made substantial progress against an ingrained tradition of underenforcement without turning to any model of enforcement redundancy - federal...

…the summer of 2002 with him for sexual activities sions) in locations including area of Santa Fe, New MeA island in the U.S. Virgin Islam with him often in these places pie he demanded that I have many of these sexual encounte my only purposes for Epsteir was to be used for sex....

…nt 1142-66. The complaints assert subject matter jurisdiction under the For- eign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1602 et seg; and causes of action under the Torture Victim Protection Act (““TVPA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1850 note; the Antiterrorism Act (“ATA”), 18 U.S.C. 1...

…pe-recorded conversation between veteran newspaper reporter George Rush and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But U.S. District Judge Lawrence M. McKenna reserved ruling on whether the recording will be released to attorneys representing young women who were sexually abused...

…have are gued that they did not violate the Crime Victims’ Rights Act because no federal changes were ever filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southem District of Florida, an argument that was later dismissed by the judge. Despite substantial physical evidence and multiple...

…ly to undermine the only argument against indicting a sitting president. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 030200 (I should note that the U.S. Attorney's manual cautions against naming persons as unindicted co-conspirators "[in the absence of some significant justification." Here, of course, the "...

…lit-Verdict-in-PGE-Pipeline-Blast- Case?slreturn=20160712215338>) going to trial at the same time and couldn't convince U.S. District Judge James Selna to push back the trial date, which had already been delayed several times. This was the lay of the land: Two weeks before, the L...

…ctims! Rights Act ("CVRA") ... . The right is in the nature of an independent right of allocution at sentencing. See /8 U.S.C. § 377/(a)(4) (affording victims a “right to be reasonably heard at any public proceeding in the district court involving release, plea, sentencing, or an...

…that same inmate brought a similar pro se claim against another inmate, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the FBI, and the U.S. Attorney General. !!° In a parallel, unpublished decision, the district court dismissed the suit, noting that the CVRA is designed to give victims certain...

" Case 5:16-cv-OGROTED STBTESDISVBLET COURTL-CEN FRAISDISIRICI GF GARIFOENDA 3 Page ID #:8 CIVIL COVER SHEET VIE, VENUE: Your answers to the questions below will determine the division of the Court to which this case will be initially assigned. This initial assignment is subjec...

…at organizations are liable in tort for the acts of their agents. See Balt. & Potomac R.R. v. Fifth Baptist Church, 108 U.S. 317, 330 (1883); Br. for Petitioners at 12-17, Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority, No. 11-88 (Sup. Ct. Dec. 14, 2011) (“Mohamad Br.”). Moreover, the TVPA’s u...

…ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001., 2012 WL 257568 (2012) See supra p. 56 n.89. The Golden Chain has also been used by the U.S. Treasury Department in designating persons as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. See supra p. 55 n.86. The district court committed further error by...

…RORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001., 2012 WL 257568 (2012) Plaintiffs assert claims under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2331 ef seg., and under the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) statute, *5 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962 ef seg., which conferred jurisdictio...

Page 11 of 31 104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *74 were expansive and could apply before charges were filed but were subject to the outer limit that the Government has at least "contemplated" charges. 7! Similarly, in United States v. Oakum, ” the District Court for the Easter...