U.S. District Court Judge.
Nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Entered duty 10/23/93
Its not the judge's fault, its the Justice Department who screwed up.
This is not the fault of the judge. I saw this happen a couple of years ago in a federal trial. Witnesses for the government inadvertently heard testimony, not realizing they were violating the rule of sequestration. The witnesses had not yet testified. The government brought the information to the judge and the judge ruled that the witnesses now could not testify.
If these FAA witnesses have not yet testified, they should be prevented from testifying, IMO.
If they have testified, I would think the judge would have little option other than to throw out the case.
Those who have said this should have been handled by a military tribunal are also correct.
Thanks for info on the judge. That's why I hope a FReeper who happens to be an attorney can help us out here. Were the judge's initial restrictions unreasonable, or did the TSA attorney screw the pooch?