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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Sun Jun 21, 2020, 06:47 PM Jun 2020

Virginia L. Giuffre vs. Alan Dersh set for this upcoming Tues by a federal district judge of SDNY

Ummm... wait a sec... the hearing for AlanDersh vs. Virginia L. Giuffre set for this upcoming Tues by a federal district judge of SDNY was filed on 6/19/20... the SAME DAY Barr tried to oust Berman from SDNY!

What is going on here?

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Virginia L. Giuffre vs. Alan Dersh set for this upcoming Tues by a federal district judge of SDNY (Original Post) MelissaB Jun 2020 OP

Smells rotten SheltieLover Jun 2020 #1

Telephone conferences like that, particularly on short notice, Sanity Claws Jun 2020 #2

These are two CIVIL suit, one of which has rsdsharp Jun 2020 #3

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

1. Smells rotten

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 06:52 PM

Jun 2020

Like everything they do.

Sanity Claws

(21,841 posts)

2. Telephone conferences like that, particularly on short notice,

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 06:58 PM

Jun 2020

are for things like scheduling. NYC just entered Stage 2 of reopening and the judge probably wanted to start scheduling discovery or the trial date.

I wouldn't put any weight on this alone.

rsdsharp

(9,142 posts)

3. These are two CIVIL suit, one of which has

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 08:23 PM

Jun 2020

Dershowitz as defendant. The US attorney’s office for the SDNY has no involvement in these cases.

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