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in 1968 and his J.D. Judges Henderson and Rao voted in favor of the order; Judge Wilkins dissented.In October 2008, Senator Ted Stevens was convicted of seven counts of corruption regarding unreported gifts. A native of Washington, D.C., Sullivan graduated from Howard University with his B.A. United States District Court for the District of Columbia Following the conviction, Stevens noted the "repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct in [the] case. "On June 24, 2020, the panel from the DC Court of Appeals voted two to one to issue a writ of mandamus ordering Sullivan to drop the case. 1:17-cv-01154) United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, opinion PER CURIAM, February 7, 2020 Blumenthal v. Trump, 19-5237, 2020 WL 593891, at *5 (D.C. Cir. Often the chair will announce that the hearing record will be left open for a period of time so that additional information can be entered into the formal hearing record.Former national security advisor Michael Flynn's sentencingConviction of Senator Ted Stevens voided (2008-2012) The contemplated proceedings would likely require the Executive to reveal the internal deliberative process behind its exercise of prosecutorial discretion, interfering with the Article II charging authority." Judge Sullivan oversaw the case in which former national security advisor On December 18, 2018, Sullivan asked Flynn if he wanted to wait to be sentenced until his cooperation with special counsel In December 2019, Sullivan set a new sentencing date of January 28, 2020.In response to Sullivan's May 7 order, lawyers representing Flynn filed an appeal with the The Department of Justice filed a brief with Sullivan on June 17 stating that Sullivan and his court did not have the right to review the prosecution's decision to drop the charges against Flynn.
Sullivan was a name partner in the successor firm of As District Court judge, Judge Sullivan presided over a On May 19, Flynn's post-conviction attorney filed a On June 24, 2020, in a 2-1 decision, the D.C.
The prosecutors wrote, "Even if a court believes that a refusal to prosecute rests on an improper motive or amounts to a ‘gross abuse,’ it would lack any practical mechanism for forcing the executive to prosecute a case against its will. In addition, he soundly criticized the prosecutors in the case, stating: "In this case, the district court’s actions will result in specific harms to the exercise of the Executive Branch’s exclusive prosecutorial power. The decision also vacated Judge Sullivan's amicus appointment on mootness grounds.On July 9, Judge Sullivan asked the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review the June 24 decision, saying the panel's decision represented a "dramatic break from precedent".Blumenthal v. Trump, 19-5237, 2020 WL 593891 (D.C. Cir.
Sullivan also appointed an attorney to pursue an outside investigation of the prosecutors and called for criminal contempt charges to be brought against the team.In the investigation, concluded in March 2012, it was determined that the prosecutors withheld evidence and tampered with witnesses, among other misconduct.Ballotpedia features 312,803 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. Emmet Gael Sullivan (born June 4, 1947) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Upon graduation from law school, Sullivan received a In August 1980, his partner, William C. Gardner, was appointed as an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.