It’s not an option for the judge....but any one of the initial judges can call for it.
What is amazing to myself is the depth of which these bastards will go to cover up their crimes. Or in this case, the uncovering of their crimes.
And they will all go down to the gallows as one and hang together.
Does Sullivan think he can drag this out 4 months???
Wonder if Flynn can sue the court for malicious prosecution?
This judge can afford his own attorney
L8tr
I’m surprised the judge did it himself. I’d think the prosecutor he appointed would more likely do it. I guess even he saw the futility of that.
The black robes learn to be gods in their three years of law school.
This Court has 4 Obama appointees, 3 Clinton appointees, 1 by GW Bush and 3 by Trump.
It is hard to overstate how wildly inappropriate this is. Under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, a trial court judge is not even allowed to respond to a petition for mandamus unless invited to do so by the court of appeals. Why on earth does he think he is allowed to request en banc review?
I agree. It is a circus and it definitely is not Flynn’s fault.
Federal Judges can be impeached. This one should be.
Sullivan is not a party to the case. Therefore, he has no standing to ask for an en banc review, nor to appeal to SCOTUS.
The correct response by the appeals court is that neither the judge’s lawyer nor the judge have any standing.