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Remember how Jerome Corsi filed a civil lawsuit against Robert Mueller, claiming various violations of his rights? A judge today denied Corsi's bid to have the case assigned to the same judge who ruled against the NSA bulk surveillance program a few years ago, Judge Richard Leon
Corsi is represented by Larry Klayman, who argued the NSA case before Leon. Normally cases are randomly assigned, unless they're related to another case. Klayman today argued the cases were related, since Corsi claims he's been illegally surveiled by the special counsel's office
But "related" has specific meanings under the court rules. For cases that have been dismissed at the district court level, as Klayman's NSA cases were (he's on appeal), Corsi's case would need to involve the same parties and subject to be "related"
Reading his decision from the bench, Leon said that under these rules, Corsi's case was definitely not related to Klayman's case -- Corsi and Mueller weren't parties to the NSA cases. This means Corsi's case will go on the wheel for random assignment to a judge
Klayman had effusive praise for Leon during the hearing while he was arguing, but the feeling was not mutual. Leon concluded by speculating whether he'd need to recuse if he kept the case because Klayman previously had claimed Leon was co-opted by the "so-called deep state"
Outside court, Corsi called today a victory (even though they lost). He and Klayman said that Corsi rejected a plea deal from Mueller's office for lying because the alleged lie was about testimony Mueller's office allowed him to amend
Asked about the last time he heard from the special counsel's office, Corsi said that after he rejected a plea deal, the special counsel's office said "that they would take it from there." No comms since. Does he expect to be indicted? "I have no idea what's gonna happen"
And voila: Per today's ruling (see thread above), Jerome Corsi's civil lawsuit against Mueller has been reassigned to Judge Ellen Huvelle 
Fwiw, here's one of the filings from Larry Klayman that appears to have ticked off Judge Leon — Klayman asked the judge if he'd had outside communications with or been threatened by the govt (as a possible explanation for not acting quickly in the case) assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5674…
