Posted on 05/21/2020 3:19:06 PM PDT by Hostage
A three panel DC Appeals Court Panel, Judge Henderson, Judge Wilkins and Judge Rao have ordered Michael Flynn’s Judge, Emett Sullivan, to respond to the defense petition for a writ of mandamus within ten days:
Quoting the U.S. vs Fokker ruling the panel is not responding directly to the Flynn petition with an immediate decision; instead they are requiring Judge Sullivan to explain his decision to engage with extra-party amicus actions despite the DOJ and Flynn defense agreement on the motion to dismiss.
The order can be viewed as a smart move by the appeals panel because Judge Sullivan has yet to rule on the original unopposed DOJ motion. In essence, Sullivan has never explained himself; and this approach will require Sullivan to put his proverbial cards on the table. The DC panel has given Judge Sullivan ten days to respond.
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
> “The DOJ lawyers had best get off their dead asses and respond in great detail.”
I think they will and you raise a good point which is an opportunity emerges to cram the news networks with more facts about the criminal frame-up of General Flynn. IOW, the order to Judge Sullivan brings the underlying corruption back into view reaching those who might have missed it the first time; all good!
“but I am getting tired of the need for slick moves in this case/mess. Once we get to this or that find point of the law for justice, justice goes out the window.”
actually, turns out that it’s more than a slick maneuver: it’s apparently how emergency writs of mandamus are handled when they’re not simply denied outright (the usual case)...
the appeals court simply wants to hear Judge Sullivan’s side of the arguments in the writ before they actually rule on it ... courts like to hear both sides of an argument before they make a ruling ... which is a good thing ...
Why ten days and not three? Gen. Flynn ain’t getting any younger.
This is a great sign. I filed a writ of mandamus once. The denial was sitting on my desk before I got back to the office. 99.9% are denied without comment.
I’m betting Sullivan doesn’t respond at all and issues the dismissal on the 9th day, thus rendering the issue moot.
He doesn’t have a leg to stand on and the fact that the Appeals Court wants the judge to answer means they are giving him the opportunity to save face and just dismiss the charges.
Ten days is actually quick. Two weeks is quick too. Given a judge’s case load, 30 days would have been expected.
See #2 above.
That is what I think will happen. And I hope so, too. Flynn needs to be set free.
> “The denial was sitting on my desk before I got back to the office.”
LOL!
That’s being honest LOL!
> “I’m betting Sullivan doesn’t respond at all and issues the dismissal on the 9th day, thus rendering the issue moot.”
Yep, except it wasn’t his idea to begin with.
If I were him, I’d ask for special super-duper beyond top secret witness protection provisions including plastic surgery for myself and family.
Maybe there’s a bolthole in Jamaica somewhere to be a 420 weed merchant or something. Judge might look good in Rastafarian garb, beads, rat tail hair pieces etc. Hell, this Judge might find new life as a judge in the new utopia of South Africa where there are still Flynn-looking beings ripe to railroad into kangeroo courts. Plenty of options, plenty.
Thanks. Ten days IS good news.
It gives this Judge time to back the hell away from what he’s created and get it dismissed.
But if he dismisses it, he faces the Obama-Clinton goon network.
Flynn is so much more dangerous to them than most could ever imagine.
Scan over this post to get an idea of just how dangerous and why Judge Sullivan should prepare his last words and eulogy:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3847244/posts?page=30#30
The dismissal secured, the first exposed litigant would appear to be the Covington law firm, who withheld reams of pertinent papers from Gen Flynn’s defense.
Then the cojoined pair of Strzock and Page, who fiddled with the 302’s, might want to make a call to their favorite counsel. Mr Avenati is looking for some billable hours.
Judge Sullivan’s resume will have a meteor hole through it when this is done.
Took me a couple of days to prepare it. Only took the court a couple of minutes to deny it. I was hoping it would take at least a couple of days. I needed some time to bask in the glory of my brilliant legal skills. No such luck.
The client still paid my bill. I told them it was a long shot. But it got short shrift.
> “udge Sullivan’s resume will have a meteor hole through it when this is done.”
Probably not his resume, more like his body.
“the appeals court simply wants to hear Judge Sullivan’s side of the arguments in the writ before they actually rule on it ... courts like to hear both sides of an argument before they make a ruling ... which is a good thing …”
Not buying the simply wants to hear thing, when this appears to be open and shut. At some point in procedure, justice goes out the window, and something else takes it’s place, like injustice. Sorry you did not cross the T or dot the I will not work for justice here. Or my timelines are more important than other things like justice.
Up yours Emmet Sullivan, u hack Judge.
Sullivan WAS ORDERED to respond within 10 days.
Time for u to feel the heat Sullivan.
Two republican appointees on this panel (Henderson (Bush 41) and Rao (Trump)). Sullivan is so screwed.
In the state of Washington, a petition for a Writ of Mandamus against a judge of a court of record must be heard by the State Supreme Court who must also produce a written decision and publish that decision in the Washington Reporter. That’s all in the state constitution.
That said, I’ve been waiting for a decision and was informed by a clerk a few years ago that they destroyed the file.
Good point. And I think u r right.
Sullivan isn’t smart enough to respond in 10 days.
So he will not further embarrass himself and prove
how stupid he really is by responding.
You click on one of their links, and it takes FOREVER to load - and you're lucky if it doesn't dump you into 2-5 minutes of ads.
I'm not putting the knock on your post, BTW.
I'm just getting used to the Twitter model of video.
The 9th day is a Saturday. My guess is Sullivan will sign the order dismissing the case tomorrow afternoon.
The Memorial Day weekend is this weekend and fewer people will be paying attention than even a normal Friday.
Sullivan might even submit his retirement paperwork tomorrow in an attempt to avoid as many questions as possible.
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