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8 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Just in: Judge in New York gives Michael Avenatti 30 months in prison for the Nike extortion scheme. He's facing a lot more than that if convicted in his California client theft case later this month.
New York judge just referenced the "very serious case in California." Read my preview of that trial here: bit.ly/3xhPIzI Notable: Judge isn't fining Avenatti because he says Avenatti has no way to pay it.
cc @anthonywarren
Unsurprisingly, Avenatti gets a surrender date of Sept. 15. Lawyer references his trial here in Orange County next week. Wants him to go to Sheridan, Oregon, (he butchered pronunciation as "Orygawn") presumably because it's close to family and low security.

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7 Jul
It's 1 p.m. in California, which means it's 10 a.m. in Hawaii and time for oral arguments in the 9th Circuit appeal of Judge Carter's injunction in the Los Angeles homeless case! (Well, almost. Case is #3 on the calendar.) You can tune in here:
The panel is notably different than the panel that granted Los Angeles city and county's emergency stay request (). Instead of two Clinton appointees and a Trump appointee, we've got three Obama appointees.
Current scene. First up is a case brought by the Hawaii Innocence Project, challenging an order that denied DNA testing of evidence in a 1982 murder conviction because of the defendant’s military status. LA Alliance injunction case will be argued next.
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27 May
Thread alert: I’m here at the First Street federal courthouse again today for Judge Carter’s hearing in the lawsuit over homelessness in Los Angeles. We’re about 7 minutes away from start time so stay tuned for tweets! 🧵 👀
Today's hearing is all about the big 110-page injunction Judge Carter issued on April 20. It's been stayed by the 9th Circuit, and the 9th wants to know how things go today. (Los Angeles County lawyers have called this an attempt by Carter to "backfill" the record.)
Here's my original @LAmag article on the injunction: lamag.com/citythinkblog/…
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26 May
I’m here at the First Street federal courthouse in Los Angeles for a hearing in the lawsuit over homelessness in LA with Judge Carter. We’ll be getting started soon and I’ll be tweeting updates on this thread so stay tuned. 🧵
The purpose of today's hearing is to discuss the city and county's progress on agreement for 6700 new shelter beds with priority for people near freeways. There has been A LOT of misinformation about this agreement, which should make for an interesting discussion today.
Notably: Legions of people seem completely convinced that the freeway bed agreement is actually an order from Judge Carter. @latimes reports this as fact, and politicos etc often reference Carter's freeway order.
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23 Apr
Just filed in the Los Angeles homeless case w/ Judge Carter: LA County’s request that he stay his own order while they appeal. “The Court ordered extraordinary relief which, if implemented, would interrupt the County’s current efforts to address the homelessness crisis.”
Also, the appellate pile on against Judge Carter’s injunction is mounting. @LACANetwork and @shaylarmyers filed notice of appeal today, joining the city and county of Los Angeles.
Here’s a statement from Los Angeles County’s outside counsel, Skip Miller of @MillerBarondess. “It upends long-term plans for permanent housing in favor of a temporary fix that would create a revolving door, not a way out, for persons trapped in homelessness.”
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4 Feb
Ok I’m here at the Downtown Women’s Center on Skid Row for the 10 am hearing with Judge Carter. It looks like we’ll be in this tent. Tight limits on attendance, apparently. I’ll tweet updates on this thread right here. 🧵
We’ve got a couple federal marshals here making their presence known, but everything is very calm right now. The gate to the lot is closed and Judge Carter and special master @Michele714 are getting ready.
Judge Carter visiting with several people including @abales, plaintiff’s attorney Elizabeth Mitchell and @HughHewitt, who goes so far back with Carter he remembers being thrown out of his courtroom 25 years ago.
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4 Feb
I’m catching up on @MayorofLA @ericgarcetti's answer to @reporterclaudia's question re: Judge Carter, and Garcetti says something at the veeeeery end of his answer that's quite 👀 opening. A thread! (1/11)
On whether Carter is looking to take over, Garcetti tells @ReporterClaudia: "The court doesn't have the jurisdiction to do that at this point; in fact the case hasn't even begun."
Uh, say what now? 🤔 (2/11)
Contrary to what @MayorofLA said, the case has, in fact, begun. It began in March 2020. But as the rest of his comment indicates, what Garcetti probably actually meant is there is no consent decree or settlement in place giving Carter control of homeless services in LA. (3/11)
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