167,504 to 759. It sounds like a lopsided cricket score (those matches go on forever!), but it’s really the number of proceedings filed in Rhode Island state courts versus the Rhode Island federal court in 2016, the most recent year…
Month: March 2018
Someone Has a Case of the Mondays: Closing Arguments in Federal Civil Rights Trial are Monday, March 19
Update as of March 19 at 9 a.m.: there are a few more witnesses this morning. Closing arguments are likely to start around 10:15 to 10:30 a.m. (March 19, Courtroom 1 of federal courthouse). Shelton v. Wozny, a federal civil…
Opening Statements in Federal Civil Rights Jury Trial are Monday, March 12
On Monday, March 12, at 9:30 a.m., the federal jury trial in Shelton v. Wozny, civil action number 14-cv-313, will begin in Courtroom 1. U.S. District Judge McConnell will preside. After some quick preliminaries, it is likely the jury will be…
Law Nerd Legal Nirvana: Federal Jury Selection and R.I. Supreme Court Oral Argument Today!
It’s been a long winter. And then we all lost power from the big storm. But not to worry – there’s nothing to recharge those batteries like watching legal advocacy! Today, you can witness jury selection in the federal courthouse…