Another chapter in Orange County homeless saga continues w/ motion to halt closure of service provider. This is part of a proposed class action, and not exactly the harmonious dispute resolution process Judge Carter's consent decrees were aimed at: bit.ly/3Clno1D
This isn't completely unexpected, as there are other lawsuits including Santa Ana's still-pending lawsuit against OC over jail releases and out-of-city transfers, which I wrote about last year for @timesocofficial. lat.ms/3AiDMPH
But it's worth noting that people in LA celebrate Judge Carter's involvement up there because they want to replicate the same kind of consent decree dispute resolution process. But that assumes things are actually going well in OC, which is in reality heavily debatable.
There's still no solution to the Santa Ana v. OC lawsuit, and the new proposed class action against @CityOfOrangeCA lays out some of the ongoing problems with services. (Here's the complaint: bit.ly/3lgBv11)
We should see a decision on the TRO motion soon, and it'll come from Judge Carter. The case was assigned to Judge Selna, but it's obviously related to the 2018 lawsuit that gave us all those consent decrees, so Carter took the case today.
Carter's out of town until next week, but he can rule on the TRO request without a hearing. So stay tuned for that.
Here's a big 163-page document with all the exhibits and declarations for the TRO motion: bit.ly/2XkoPOG
I'm hearing this complaint a lot. Santa Ana v. OC on continuous hold. Judge Carter busy for months and months in Los Angeles, and now he's back to traveling internationally.

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15 Sep
It’s Wednesday in Orange County, California, and I’m here at the federal courthouse because Judge Selna is getting the gang back together again i.e. there’s a 9 a.m. status conference in Michael Avenatti’s wire fraud case. Follow this thread for updates from the courtroom. ⚖️🧵⚖️
The judge called this status conference after receiving reports of trouble on the Tabs3 front, with Avenatti already saying a trial continuance is needed and prosecutors artfully telling Selna his mistrial ruling was flat wrong. Here's the USA's brief: bit.ly/3lowaF2
And here's Avenatti's status update on the remaining financial data @TheJusticeDept is to give him. bit.ly/3lsiCIL He's in court now awaiting Judge Selna, and was asking AUSA Patrick Fitzgerald of the privilege-review team aka taint team about the remaining files.
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13 Sep
Avenatti just filed a status report that says @TheJusticeDept still hasn’t given him all relevant financial data, and the taint team “is unable to provide a firm estimate as to when the remaining financial data will be produced.” bit.ly/2Xk9Wfv
Avenatti says ongoing conflict with the taint team over the scope of the searches “will probably require the intervention of the Court finally to resolve.” He hasn’t asked for a trial continuance…yet.
Of course, it's always in the footnotes. "As a result, a modification to the case schedule and trial will almost certainly be required."
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26 Aug
This is the big question in his California case right now - will the judge in New York extend Avenatti’s prison report date, currently set for Sept. 15? Avenatti filed his motion this morning asking to push it back to December.
Obviously this is totally out of Judge Selna’s hands. This will be decided by Judge Gardephe in the Southern District of New York, the judge who sentenced Avenatti to 30 months for the Nike extortion plot.
There’s long been friction between the two cases. Gardephe was not happy with Avenatti’s pre-trial arrest at his California State Bar hearing in January 2020 because it threw the pending Nike trial into (brief) disarray.
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24 Aug
I’m here at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana for what could be the 19th day of testimony in Michael Avenatti’s wire fraud trial. First, Judge Selna will consider a mistrial motion over newly released and also still missing financial data. Follow this thread for updates. ⚖️🧵⚖️
I sat down in my usual spot a minute ago. Only Judge Selna and his clerk were in the courtroom. "Good morning. We should put a little name tag on that chair," the judge said after I sat down. (He's back in his chambers now. That was the extent of the discussion.)
Avenatti and prosecutors are due at 8. This @lawdotcom article from last night is a hub of all our reporting on this Tabs and mistral motion. You'll find past coverage, links to the court filings and more. bit.ly/3mrMp6l
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24 Aug
Reviewing the history of Michael Avenatti’s requests to access his law firm's servers means revisiting the crucial role of the court-appointed receiver for the bankrupt firm. This thread tracks the evolving argument through court filings and my past reporting. ⚖️🧵⚖️
Avenatti 1st raised issue in July 2019, calling it "critical" to his defense.
"…government counsel wrote that if the defense wants access to the servers, '...you will need to raise those specific concerns with the Receiver.'" bit.ly/3Db02Nc
The receiver was Brian Weiss, a CPA who eventually was replaced by court-appointed trustee Richard Marshack. This happened after Weiss moved Eagan Avenatti into Ch 7 bankruptcy, which thwarted several lawsuits against the firm over misappropriated money. bit.ly/388h1By
Read 25 tweets
23 Aug
Here's an update on @Tabs3Software saga in Avenatti's wire fraud trial. The full filing (on Google Drive: bit.ly/3y741a4) says this email was sent "in Advance of the Telephonic Status Conference Held Earlier this Afternoon Re Server Files."
That's the first I've heard of this afternoon's phone conference, so I'm trying to learn more about what went down. Stay tuned. As of right now, the case is still on Judge Selna's calendar tomorrow for 10:30 a.m. bit.ly/2WgEbmu
Some fun background on @Tabs3Software ("WHAT IS TABS?"): Its maker, Software Technology, Inc., was named the most innovative billing software of 2016 by @ALMMedia (a.k.a my employer! 😎). bwnews.pr/3mmqbmr
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