9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 30, 2021
9th Circuit judge not afraid to name names in dissents that often turn personal
In two recent dissents in cases involving immigration and death penalty appeals, Judge Lawrence VanDyke fired away at Senior U.S. District Judge William A. Fletcher and on Friday, at now-deceased 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Lawrence VanDyke is becoming the master of the biting dissent.
While the judge, an appointee of President Donald Trump who took office last year, almost always votes along with other conservatives on the circuit court, he is setting himself apart in dissents that often turn personal.
But in two recent dissents in cases involving immigration and death penalty appeals, VanDyk...
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