* The ten Americans detained in Haiti on kidnapping charges seek help from the U.S. government. One of them is represented by WilmerHale partner Reginald Brown (whom we recently interviewed). [New York Times]
* The youngest Guantanamo detainee, who was 15 when he allegedly threw a grenade that killed a U.S. medic, is headed to trial later this year. [Washington Post]
* As predicted, Judge Joseph Greenaway (D.N.J.; pictured) is confirmed, by a unanimous Senate vote, to the Third Circuit. [How Appealing]
* Paul Weiss gets involved in the Stuyvesant Town / Peter Cooper Village mess. [Am Law Daily]
* Experian gets sued over FreeCreditReport.com. [WSJ Law Blog]
* The Ninth Circuit, in a closely-divided en banc decision, upholds a process formerly used by San Francisco for strip-searching new jail inmates. [ABA Journal]
* Burma sentences a U.S. citizen (and pro-democracy activist) to three years of hard labor. [Washington Post]
firsty scum
Skadden DC Office officially sucks for being closed today.
Anyone else read about the ringleader being sued repeatedly for debts amongst other things?
I really do think she was a modern day slaver trying to make some money to pay her debts off here.
Greenaway: “Did I do that? Got any cheeeeeese?”
Why did only 84 senators vote?
Is that picture of Elie after Gastric Bypass surgery?
The detainees in Haiti deserve whatever’s coming to them. The “Dom Rep said it was OK!” argument doesn’t wash.
I’m not seeing where the U.S. Government has much responsibility for assisting a bunch of whacko kidnappers.
David,
Why not mention that Judge Greenaway is a Cardozo professor?
9 – Are you serious? It is Morning Docket. These are just little squibs.
(Anyway, no need to mention that fact, since you just did.)
Number 7, you are absolutely right. Leave it to a WilmerHale partner to take on yet another bleeding heart case. Gee, what legal minds over there.
Greenaway is a pretty darn good judge.
The SF strip search story is fairly annoying from a civil liberties viewpoint. A protester is arrested for “alleged vandalism,” strip searched with a cavity search, and locked up naked for 12 hours. No remedy, according to the 9th Cir.