Appellate Maven Roy Wasson sent out this FACDL wide email:
Chief Judge Shepherd at meeting this morning clarified the
way the new policy limiting oral arguments will be handled. When the request for OA comes in, the clerk will continue to set all cases for argument. About 30 days before the scheduled argument date, the panel will
review the briefs to determine if argument will be useful. The attorneys handling cases that are not selected for argument will then receive a notice of cancellation of argument. The cases will still be listed on the online calendar on the date the argument was originally scheduled, with a notation
"Argument Cancelled By Court." That will enable counsel to see who is on the panel starting the week before the original OA date.
New Oral Argument policy: What say you? Yea or Nay?
CAMPAIGN FUN:
Captain is not doing his job, so I will.
JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN REPORTS
As the judicial season begins, this is the way things stand today:
COUNTY COURT
Only 1 contested race (so far):
$ amounts are totals of candidate loans and contributions
Rachel Glorioso Dooley $12,390.00
Jacqueline Schwartz $231,031.00
CIRCUIT COURT
$ amounts shown are contributions/candidate loans
Group 16
Cobitz, Thomas Aquinas 2,725.00/10,000.00
Diaz de la Portilla, Renier 0.00/0.00
Millan, Stephen T. 1,500.00/0.00
Group 27
Gomez, Mary C. 5,690.00/0.00
Milian, Alberto 35,488.00/100,000.00
Perkins, Joseph David No Report
Group 58
Rodriguez-Fonts, Oscar 34,169.00/0.00
Ruiz, Mavel 6,687.00/0.00
Zilber, Martin 80,400.00/100,000.00
Fun Fact: Did you know judicial candidates use campaign funds to get their hair and makeup done? Jackie Schwartz spent over $150 of campaign funds getting dolled up for a fundraiser on 11/15. Funny story though, her fundraiser wasn't until Nov 21st. Ha ha ha. That Jackie. She's hilarious...
JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN REPORTS
As the judicial season begins, this is the way things stand today:
COUNTY COURT
Only 1 contested race (so far):
$ amounts are totals of candidate loans and contributions
Rachel Glorioso Dooley $12,390.00
Jacqueline Schwartz $231,031.00
CIRCUIT COURT
$ amounts shown are contributions/candidate loans
Group 16
Cobitz, Thomas Aquinas 2,725.00/10,000.00
Diaz de la Portilla, Renier 0.00/0.00
Millan, Stephen T. 1,500.00/0.00
Group 27
Gomez, Mary C. 5,690.00/0.00
Milian, Alberto 35,488.00/100,000.00
Perkins, Joseph David No Report
Group 58
Rodriguez-Fonts, Oscar 34,169.00/0.00
Ruiz, Mavel 6,687.00/0.00
Zilber, Martin 80,400.00/100,000.00
Fun Fact: Did you know judicial candidates use campaign funds to get their hair and makeup done? Jackie Schwartz spent over $150 of campaign funds getting dolled up for a fundraiser on 11/15. Funny story though, her fundraiser wasn't until Nov 21st. Ha ha ha. That Jackie. She's hilarious...