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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/judge-rules-to-dismiss-standoff-case-against-rancher-cliven-bundy-2-sons/ar-BBI6ZU5?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

 

LAS VEGAS — A judge in Las Vegas has decided to dismiss criminal charges against a Nevada rancher and his sons accused of leading an armed uprising against federal authorities in 2014.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro signaled when she declared a mistrial last month that she might dismiss the case outright against 71-year-old Cliven Bundy, sons Ryan and Ammon Bundy, and Montana militia leader Ryan Payne.

The judge severely criticized prosecutors for what she called "willful" violations of due process rights of defendants, including failing to properly turn over evidence to their lawyer. But she gave the government a chance to submit written documents opposing dismissal of all charges.

The Monday decision is sure to reverberate among states' rights advocates in the Western U.S., where the federal government controls vast lands that some people want to protect and others want used for grazing, mining and oil and gas drilling.

The tense armed standoff outside Bunkerville, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of Las Vegas, stopped a federal Bureau of Land Management roundup of Bundy cattle from public land including what is now Gold Butte National Monument. About three dozen heavily armed federal agents guarding corrals in a dry riverbed faced hundreds of flag-waving men, women and children calling for the release of some 400 cows.

The cattle had been rounded up under court orders issued over Bundy letting his herd graze for 20 years without paying government fees.

 

No shots were fired before the outnumbered and outgunned federal agents withdrew.

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Looks like the judge finally gave some respect to Mr. Bundy for scoring 4 touchdowns in a single game for Polk High School in 1966.

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8 minutes ago, Koko78 said:

Looks like the judge finally gave some respect to Mr. Bundy for scoring 4 touchdowns in a single game for Polk High School in 1966.

Ted Bundy had a killer of a game. He could pose for a serial box.

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Al flipped on Bob Rooney, he will do the time.

 

 

Bob as treasurer of NO MA’AM liked tasty cakes.

 

 

 

 

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US appeals court denies bid to resurrect Bundy standoff case

The judges said they found “a serious constitutional violation based on choices made by the government"
 

A U.S. appeals court refused Thursday to resurrect the criminal case against states’ rights figure Cliven Bundy, family members and others stemming from a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents trying to round up Bundy cattle near the family ranch in Nevada.
 

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal in San Francisco denied prosecutors’ efforts to overturn U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro’s decision to stop a months-long trial in January 2018 for “flagrant” prosecutorial misconduct and her dismissal of the criminal indictment so it could not be re-filed.
 

“The judgment is affirmed,” Judge Jay Bybee wrote for the three-judge panel that heard oral arguments May 29. The judges found Navarro properly identified violations of “recognized statutory or constitutional” rights, and she had the authority to punish the government “to deter future illegal conduct.”
 

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