Some of the concern about Judge Sullivan not accepting the DOJ’s motion to dismiss the Michael Flynn case and appointing former Judge Gleeson to argue that the motion should be denied appears to be overblown. This 01/2017 case note in the Harvard Law Review explains “three recent district court decisions have attempted to assert a more substantive role for the court — declaring that an Article III judge is not a “potted plant” or “rubber stamp” when reviewing deferred prosecution agreements (“DPAs”). HLR Fokker Note Two of the “three recent district court decisions” were written by Judges Sullivan and Gleeson....