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New Merits Brief Filed by Cockle Legal Briefs
Reply Brief for Petitioner, in Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 12-729, filed on September 19, 2013
My Written Testimony to the U.S. Senate on Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Today, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 (you can read a primer on the JSVA here). The JSVA would allow federal judges to sentence criminal defendants below all mandatory minimum sentencing provisions. And the JSVA would prevent some of the worst injustices in federal [...]
A Couple Weeks of Media Craziness
I kind of figured what would happen after Adam Liptak from the New York Times called to say he was going to write a follow-up piece to his 2010 article about my life and legal successes while in prison. After the article in the Times, my wife Annie and I had a crazy couple of weeks that [...]
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Legal Briefs
New Petitions Recently Filed by Cockle Legal Briefs
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Legal Briefs
Petitioner’s Brief on the Merits, in White v. Woodall, No. 12-794, filed on September 11, 2013 Brief for Respondent, in Northwest, Inc. v. Ginsberg, No. 12-462, filed on September 12, 2013
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Legal Briefs
New Petition Recently Filed by Cockle Legal Briefs
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Legal Briefs
Brief for Petitioner, in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community, No. 12-515, filed on August 30, 2013 Reply Brief for Petitioners, in Madigan v. Levin, No. 12-872, filed on September 3, 2013