All articles tagged with #emergency motion
A federal court will hear an emergency motion by about a dozen state attorneys general to temporarily pause Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Judge P. Casey Pitts set a Friday 10 a.m. PT hearing on a TRO, with Paramount’s opposition due by noon Thursday; the states seek a ruling by July 22, timing that coincides with EU review, even though the DOJ has already cleared the deal.
The City of Chicago filed an emergency motion to close Ford City Mall on the South Side due to a defective and leaking fire-suppression system, citing fire-safety risks for tenants and visitors and potential soil instability; a judge has ordered notice to remaining tenants with another hearing scheduled.
Attorneys for Richard Matthew Allen, who is charged with killing two teenage girls in Indiana, have filed an emergency motion to move him from his current prison, citing a deterioration in his condition. They claim he is being treated like a prisoner of war, sleeping on a pad on a concrete floor, and is not allowed visits from his family. Allen has been held at the maximum-security Westville Correctional Facility since November. The special judge in the case has scheduled a June 15 hearing on a defense request to allow Allen to be released on bail.