- Von: <RobertRBryan…………………>
Betreff: Mumia Abu-Jamal –
Opposition to DA motion for court disqualification
- Datum: Montag, 16. April 2007 04:32
- Dear Friends:
- Recently the District Attorney of Philadelphia filed a motion seeking the
- disqualification of all judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third
- Circuit, Philadelphia. The matter has been assigned to a special merits panel of
- the court.
- On Friday, April 13, 2007, we filed the Response of Mumia Abu-Jamal,
- Appellee and Cross-Appellant, In Opposition To Commonwealth’s Motion for Recusal.
- It is attached (pdf)As pointed out in our objection to this „misplaced and
- absurd“ judicial disqualification attempt:
- „Further, opposing counsel should not be permitted through this ploy to
- delay oral argument which is scheduled for May 17, 2007. Mr. Abu-Jamal has been
- on death row for nearly a quarter of a century, and would like for his case
- to be heard as scheduled by this Court.“
- Separately we have submitted a motion seeking an expansion of the time
- allotted for oral argument (Motion for Enlargement of Time for Parties To Orally
- Argue, and for Participation By Amici Curiae). In view of the complexity of
- the case, the 30 minutes allotted to each side seems inadequate. We also ask
- permission for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the National Lawyers Guild
- (joined by the National Conference of Black Lawyers, International Association
- of Democratic Lawyers, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and
- Justice of Harvard Law School, Southern Center for Human Rights, and the National
- Jury Project), which have filed amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs,
- to be permitted to argue assuming additional time is granted.
- You will be promptly advised upon further developments.
- With best wishes,
- Robert
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- Robert R. Bryan
- Law Offices of Robert R. Bryan
- 2088 Union Street, Suite 4
- San Francisco, California 94123
- Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal