How Appealing



Thursday, February 3, 2011

“Recap of Justice Alito’s Presentation” in Hawaii last week: Rebecca Copeland had this post at the “Record on Appeal” blog last Thursday.

Posted at 11:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“D.C. Circuit Argument on Victim’s Right to Restitution in Child Pornography Cases”: Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama names nominee for Tulsa federal court post; Arvo Mikkanen’s nomination immediately drew negative reactions from key members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation”: This article appears today in The Tulsa World.

And The Oklahoman reports today that “President nominates federal prosecutor to be U.S. judge in Tulsa; Sen. Tom Coburn objects to Obama’s nomination of Arvo Mikkanen as U.S. judge in Tulsa, calling him ‘unacceptable.’

The news release that The White House issued yesterday states that Mikkanen previously “served as a trial and appellate judge for Court of Indian Offenses and Court of Indian Appeals for the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Wichita, Caddo, Delaware, Fort Sill Apache, Ponca, Pawnee, Kaw, Otoe-Missouria, and Tonkawa Tribes” and served as “Chief Justice of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Supreme Court.”

That same news release also announced the nomination of former Assistant to the Solicitor General Paul A. Engelmayer to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Posted at 8:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“Ruling blocks freedom for two Bay Area murderers”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “A U.S. Supreme Court ruling prohibiting federal judges from overturning state parole decisions has nullified court orders favoring two men convicted of Bay Area murders.”

Posted at 8:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“New chief justice says California Supreme Court will decide soon on entering Proposition 8 fray; Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye discusses the possibility of weighing in on the federal appeal of Proposition 8 and her hope that a vacancy on the California Supreme Court be filled by a Southern California Latino”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 7:46 AM by Howard Bashman