'Established undue delay': Panel puts Judge Cannon on clock, warns her to act on demands for secret Jack Smith report on [View all]

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Months upon months of Judge Aileen Cannon doing absolutely nothing to resolve motions in search of ex-special counsel Jack Smith's Mar-a-Lago classified documents report on President Donald Trump has led an appellate panel to lightly criticize her "undue delay," putting the jurist who famously
tossed the prosecution on the clock.

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The panel, including U.S. Circuit Judges Jill Pryor, a Barack Obama appointee, Britt Grant, a Trump appointee, and Nancy Abudu, a Joe Biden appointee, ultimately did not order up that extraordinary relief, instead threatening to do so if need be — should Cannon ignore a 60-day time limit to rule on the two groups' long-unresolved motions to intervene.

"Before the Court are related petitions for writs of mandamus, which request relief in relation to Petitioners' pending motions to intervene to seek vacatur of the district court's January 21, 2025, order barring release of Volume II of the Special Counsel's Final Report," the brief order began, noting that the petitioners first tried to intervene at the district court in February, reminded Cannon in July that three months had passed without a ruling, and then in late September went the appellate route.

Now November, the 11th Circuit said Cannon "has not ruled or conducted any other further proceedings on the pending motions" and, thus, American Oversight and the Knight Institute have "established undue delay in resolution of their motions to intervene[.]"

The appellate court said Cannon has 60 days to act, indicating that mandamus relief, compelling her to act, may come if she doesn't.



https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/appeals-court-puts-cannon-on-the-clock-regarding-jack-smith-report-or-else-extraordinary-relief-will-follow/