Prison Justice
SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein will stay in jail as attraction continues
SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Courtroom constructing in 2017. (Photograph by Steve Ruark/AP Content material Companies for the Carolina Alumni Evaluate)
SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein will stay in jail as he continues to fight his felony convictions, the 4th U.S. Circuit Courtroom of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, dominated late Wednesday, according to Law360.
Goldstein was convicted in February on tax and mortgage fraud fees and later sentenced to 6 years in jail. In an unsigned order, the 4th Circuit rebuffed Goldstein’s request for launch pending attraction from the Petersburg Federal Correctional Advanced in Hopewell, Virginia.
The appeals courtroom additionally denied his request for expedited consideration of his attraction, alongside along with his request to be allowed to submit briefs with expanded phrase limits, which he stated was vital due to the “factually and legally complicated prosecution” in his six-week trial, Law360 stories.
Representatives of Goldstein and the Division of Justice couldn’t instantly be reached for remark late Wednesday.
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