Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Feb. 28, 2024
Judge accuses prosecutors of misleading court in re-arrest
A district court judge accused federal prosecutors of misleading the 9th Circuit and a magistrate judge to effect the rearrest of a man whose indictment had been dismissed.
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney in Santa Ana said government prosecutors “mischaracterized” a defendant’s status in an emergency motion to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which reversed the judge’s order to release a man from custody after the charges against him had been dismissed and he had been freed.
Carney said in a new order Monday that he was “troubled by the chain of events” that led to the rearrest. The judge acknowled...
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