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Ex-Raider Henry Ruggs’ fatal DUI case won’t move to a different courtEx-Raider Henry Ruggs’ fatal DUI case won’t move to a different court

Defense attorneys for former Raiders player Henry Ruggs are continuing to push for a judge to explain why he recused himself from presided over the fatal DUI case.

The case, which has bounced between different judges in the Las Vegas Justice Court in recent weeks, is currently scheduled for a preliminary hearing on May 4 in front of Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia, who is set to decide at the hearing if prosecutors have enough evidence for Ruggs to stand trial.

Letizia ruled on Monday that she did not have jurisdiction to grant a motion moving the case back

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Who killed Shanquella Robinson? Family calls for diplomatic intervention months after possible beating deathWho killed Shanquella Robinson? Family calls for diplomatic intervention months after possible beating death

WASHINGTON — The family of Shanquella Robinson is demanding justice more than 125 days after the 25-year-old was found dead at a luxury resort in Mexico, ABC News reported.

Robinson’s family and their attorneys gathered at a press conference in Washington, DC, and demanded a diplomatic intervention by President Joe Biden and the State Department to help assist in her case.

“Fifteen weeks and three days with all this visual evidence. Nobody has been arrested. Nobody has been arrested,” attorney Ben Crump said at the press conference.

The press conference took place in front of Ben Crump Law’s DC office

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Prosecutors raise concerns over FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried’s hidden internet accessProsecutors raise concerns over FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried’s hidden internet access

US attorneys raised new concerns about Sam Bankman-Fried’s electronic communication capabilities in new court documents filed late Monday and, along with the former FTX CEO’s lawyers, asked a federal judge for more time to negotiate tightened bail conditions.

“Today, it came to the government’s attention…that the defendant used a VPN or “Virtual Private Network” to access the internet on January 29, 2023, and February 12, 2023,” the prosecutors wrote in a letter to US District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan. Judge Kaplan is overseeing the government’s case accusing Bankman-Fried of multiple felonies tied to FTX, including fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering.

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Seventh Circuit Upholds Digital Sign Ban Citing Recent Supreme Court CaseSeventh Circuit Upholds Digital Sign Ban Citing Recent Supreme Court Case

This post originally appeared in Municipal Minute by Julie Tappendorf, Esq. of Ancel Glink and is reposted with permission.

We have written a number of posts on Municipal Minute discussing the US Supreme Court’s rulings in cases challenging municipal sign codes under the First Amendment. In 2015, we reported on the Court’s decision in Reed v. Gilbert that struck down the Town of Gilbert, Arizona’s temporary sign regulations. The Reed case had afterward been applied by a number of courts across the country in challenges to municipal sign regulations where sign companies and others made an argument that the challenged

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Dozens indicated over 8 January riotsDozens indicated over 8 January riots

A military police officer fell from his horse during clashes with rioters in Brasilia on 8 January — Hundreds of people were arrested over the violence, which saw government buildings and police come under attack

Brazil’s attorney general has filed an indictment against 39 people for their alleged involvement in the storming of the Senate building on 8 January.

The riot saw thousands of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro attack government buildings following his election loss last year.

The indictment says the individuals – who are not named – used violence and threats to try to abolish democracy.

Mr Bolsonaro has voiced “regret” for the unrest, but denies he caused it.

Perceived threats to democratic order are

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TX Court of Appeals Finds Alleged Violations of the Texas Public Information Act were Sufficient to Survive Summary JudgmentTX Court of Appeals Finds Alleged Violations of the Texas Public Information Act were Sufficient to Survive Summary Judgment

This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq.

Groba owned property within the City of Gelena Park and applied for a permit to build a quadruplex on that property. The City rejected his application, and Groba was advised that a new City ordinance prevented him from building a multi-family unit on his property. Groba’s attorneys filed an “open records request” with the City seeking “production of all ordinances relevant to the location, placement, and general existence of duplexes within the City of Galena Park.” In October 2019, Groba’s attorneys sent a letter to the Texas Attorney General complaining about the

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