Judge asks full federal appeals court to reconsider decision forcing him to drop Michael Flynn case
Published Thu, Jul 9 20203:14 PM EDTUpdated 4 Min Ago
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The judge in Michael Flynn’s criminal case asked a federal appeals court Thursday to reconsider its ruling last month ordering him to dismiss the prosecution of the former national security advisor to President Donald Trump.
The judge in Michael Flynn’s criminal case asked a federal appeals court Thursday to reconsider its ruling last month ordering him to dismiss the prosecution of the former national security advisor to President Donald Trump.
Judge Emmet Sullivan’s lawyer asked for a so-called en banc review of the decision of the appeals court, which would involve all active judges on the court to re-hear the case.
The lawyer for Sullivan, a judge in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., argued in a lengthy court filing that the three-judge panel’s ruling for him to quickly grant the Department of Justice’s request to drop its prosecution of Flynn “threatens to turn ordinary judicial process upside down.â€
“It is the district court’s job to consider and rule on pending motions, even ones that seem straightforward. This Court, if called upon, reviews those decisions—it does not preempt them,†said Sullivan’s lawyer, Beth Wilkinson, in the filing.
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