Here’s a new thread-worthy one: Lawyers suing Cardi B (@iamcardib) wanted her sanctioned and ordered to trial ASAP after she partied in Paris following a trial delay related to her newborn son. But U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney here in Orange County said no.
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This is a lawsuit on behalf of the guy pictured (partially) on @iamcardib's first album. It accuses Cardi of misappropriating his likeness in “a misleading, offensive, humiliating and provocatively sexual way” Here's the complaint: bit.ly/3lBvRYM Image
The case was headed to trial later this month, but Judge Carney delayed it to Feb. 1 at the request of Cardi’s lawyers, who cited the fact that she’d given birth and the COVID risk with hotels and airports. Here's a dec from @iamcardib herself. bit.ly/3j1aSgn Image
However, Cardi isn’t sitting home bored. She’s got places to be, including Paris Fashion Week w/ hubby @OffsetYRN. The plaintiff lawyers collected coverage of their Paris fun as exhibits in their request for accountability for her “all about me” approach. bit.ly/30pLUkr ImageImageImageImage
“Beginning from Defendants’ efforts for two years to transfer venue to New York while claiming, incredibly, that Ms. Almanzar had no contacts with California, Defendants’ cynicism toward the legal process and the rights of others has grown breathtaking in its audacity.” Image
In response, @iamcardib called the accusations “libelous.” “Plaintiff suggests that I told the Court I “could not travel or making public appearances” at all for at least the next couple of months. I never made that statement.” Here's her declaration: bit.ly/3j0oqZv Image
In an order yesterday, Judge Carney sided with Cardi. Is he a fan of Bodak Yellow? I don’t know, but he made it clear in his order he’s sympathetic to Cardi’s hectic schedule and mindful of her motherhood duties. bit.ly/2YLg3KG Image
The judge says Cardi “explains why traveling to Paris Fashion Week was different than traveling for this trial…” Here's the full order: bit.ly/2YLg3KG
As of now, the trial is set for Feb. 1, and I plan on checking it out. Stay tuned. ⚖️🧵⚖️

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15 Oct
It’s Friday in Orange County, California, and I’m here at the federal courthouse for what likely will be a brief status conference in Michael Avenatti’s wire fraud case. Follow this thread for updates from Senior U.S. District Judge James Selna’s courtroom. ⚖️🧵⚖️ Image
I got here early, so I walked a little extra to bring you that new angle of the marble tower that is the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse. Fun fact: @USGSA imported marble from Italy to build this place, and officials traveled to Italy a couple times in the process.
Judge Selna scheduled this status yesterday afternoon. No word on the specific topic, but it follows briefs on whether he has jurisdiction with the pending 9th Circuit appeal.
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Just in: Prosecutors are asking 9th Circuit to act now on Avenatti's appeal. "Absent expedited treatment, defendant may be able to use the filing of this frivolous interlocutory appeal to delay his upcoming retrial scheduled to begin on November 2, 2021." bit.ly/3oWXEFn
The motion asks the 9th Circuit to dismiss Avenatti's appeal as frivolous or summarily affirm Judge Selna's rejection of his double jeopardy motion. (Here's a link to Selna's order on that: bit.ly/3aC7dkI) Image
For those who don't know, like most prosecutors' offices, @USAO_LosAngeles has separate appellate attorneys, so AUSAs Brett Sagel and Alex Wyman aren't working this appeal. Instead, we have AUSA Alexander Patrick Robbins at bat. Image
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13 Oct
Just in: Prosecutors’ reply to Avenatti’s opposition to their motion to exclude references to mistrial. “Defendant clearly intends to mischaracterize to the jury -- as he does in his motion -- why there was a first trial and the reason for the retrial...” bit.ly/3mSDVUp
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And here's prosecutors' reply to opp re: limiting Avenatti's cross-examinations. It's punchy. "Looking behind the hyperbole and bluster, the citations to irrelevant law, and the misstatements of the remedy the government is seeking..." bit.ly/2YK2FXf
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I’m tuned into @OCBarCA’s webinar on SCOTUS’ Clarence Thomas with @BerkeleyLaw Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, and Chemerinsky has some harsh words for the justice. "To say it’s a tribute to a legal giant conveys admiration and praise, and I cannot do that." Image
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Chemerinsky says he agreed to the program before he knew who it was about. When he realized it was about Thomas, he suggested @OCBarCA find another speaker. But event organizers told him to speak his mind. So, off he goes. He's really laying out a case against Thomas right now.
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I’m here at the federal courthouse in Orange County for a status hearing in Michael Avenatti’s wire fraud case. Follow this thread for updates from U.S. District Judge James Selna’s courtroom. ⚖️🧵⚖️
AUSA Patrick Fitzgerald tells the the judge the remaining indexing of the last 2.3 million files is going "very, very slowly." Just before this hearing started, Avenatti filed notice of his appeal to the 9th Circuit re: Selna's denial of his mistrial motion.
It was a hectic morning for my commute , so I'm a little behind and need to post that 9th notice ASAP. But I'm here in Selna's courtroom and they haven't said anything about the appeal yet. It's been all Fitzgerald.
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Avenatti just filed a status report ahead of tomorrow's 8 a.m. conference with Judge Selna, and he's decrying late disclosures that he say contradict testimony from expert witness John Drum, others: bit.ly/3v0nV6s
This 121-page filing includes examples of remaining TIFF images @TheJusticeDept has yet to index on Avenatti's last law firm server. Avenatti is citing them to show Judge Selna the remaining unindexed info isn't mostly graphics like DOJ said. bit.ly/3v0nV6s
Some of this stuff has been out a long time, though, including these text messages between Avenatti's law partner Filipo Marchino and @MichellePhan's friend Long Tran over the @IPSY money. "He's knee deep in the stormy" (c.c. @StormyDaniels)
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