Just in: The 9th Circuit has denied @USAO_LosAngeles prosecutors' request to schedule oral argument in Michael Avenatti's appeal for January. Argument will be calendared for the week of March 7-11.
Background: This is Avenatti's appeal of Judge Selna's rejection of his double jeopardy dismissal motion. One of Avenatti's lawyers from @Nike extortion trial is handling it, and he told the 9th he wasn't available for the two calendar weeks in February.
After Srebnick said he wasn't available in February, AUSA Alexander Robbins offered to file his answering brief early so the case could be calendared for January.
The 9th then formally requested Srebnick and Robbins' availability for Jan. 10-14, and Srebnick filed this in response.
Robbins responded to Srebnick's unavailability claim for Jan. 10-14 by formally requesting the 9th schedule oral argument during Jan. 10-14. ("...later in the week to give defense counsel as much time as possible to prepare for oral argument.")
That's the motion the 9th responded to today. (Fun fact: I don't get PACER alerts for this case so I just have to check the file randomly and/or every five minutes and hope for the best.)
Another Avenatti update: He filed a status report just now that says he and prosecutors have reached an agreement on the @Tabs3software help.
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