Raymond Tarlton
@raytarlton
crim defense & civil rights lawyer | fmr federal public defender| tech enthusiast
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02-01-2010 05:34:50
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It’s always satisfying to get the hard copies of Supreme Court booklets. When police destroy the property of innocent folks while searching for a fugitive, who should pay: the gov’t or the innocent owner? In Institute for Justice's Hadley v. South Bend and Pena v. LA, SCOTUS should decide.
Can Judge Boasberg sanction U.S. Department of Justice attorneys for following his own written order? No, explains the D.C. Circuit. Judges Rao and Walker grant the extraordinary writ of mandamus stopping the ongoing contempt proceedings. Long overdue. Judge Childs dissents in 80 pages.
Yesterday ACLU filed this interesting damages suit for an engineer on an H-1B visa who was dragged from his car & detained under Operation Catch-of-the-Day. Sues under Maine's Civil Rights Act for illegal stop & detention, excessive force, race discrim. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
> Own a Tesla > Wake up in a hotel in a city you’ve never been to before > Google “coffee shop nearby” in bed on phone, select “directions,” tap “share,” tap “send to Tesla.” > Get up, shower, pack suitcase. > Get in Tesla, put on seatbelt, tap “start self driving,” sit there and