There’s not much that needs to be said here that wasn’t laid out in the headline. Judge Steven Seeger hasn’t been on the federal bench for long, having only joined the Northern District of Illinois late last year, but he’s already drawn up his first iconic order rejecting a motion to reconsider the scheduling of a temporary restraining order hearing.
Over unicorns. (Full order available here)
Want to piss off a federal judge? File a TRO for an “immediate hearing” to enjoin “counterfeit unicorn drawings” in the middle of a global pandemic. Then seek reconsideration when the judge postpones the hearing by a few weeks. Then file a third “emergency motion” just in case. pic.twitter.com/aPYCxMn7rJ
— Lawyer Cat* (@LawyerCat_) March 21, 2020
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