Here is a curious development in the Langbord case.
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I checked the court docket today to see if the court had ruled on the pending motions yet [it has not].
However, today a new document was filed in the case. One of the attorneys [attorney Joel Sweet of the US Attorney's Office] for the government defendants today filed a document withdrawing from further representation in the case.
Mr. Sweet is one of eight attorneys working in the US Attorney's Office listed on the court docket for the case as the attorneys of record for the government defendants. He also has been one of the attorneys who has signed many of the documents filed in the case for the defendants.
What this means is unclear. However it is possible that Mr. Sweet is withdrawing because:
1. he is retiring; or
2. he is leaving the US Attorney's Office and going to work somewhere else; or
3. he has been reassigned to a different US Attorney's Office and/or is being reassigned to handle other cases [with his existing case files being taken over by someone else] for reasons unrelated to the Langbord case itself; or
4. a disagreement has arisen over the Langbord case that has resulted in him withdrawing from providing representation in the case.
Interesting.
However, today a new document was filed in the case. One of the attorneys [attorney Joel Sweet of the US Attorney's Office] for the government defendants today filed a document withdrawing from further representation in the case.
Mr. Sweet is one of eight attorneys working in the US Attorney's Office listed on the court docket for the case as the attorneys of record for the government defendants. He also has been one of the attorneys who has signed many of the documents filed in the case for the defendants.
What this means is unclear. However it is possible that Mr. Sweet is withdrawing because:
1. he is retiring; or
2. he is leaving the US Attorney's Office and going to work somewhere else; or
3. he has been reassigned to a different US Attorney's Office and/or is being reassigned to handle other cases [with his existing case files being taken over by someone else] for reasons unrelated to the Langbord case itself; or
4. a disagreement has arisen over the Langbord case that has resulted in him withdrawing from providing representation in the case.
Interesting.
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4. a disagreement has arisen over the Langbord case that has resulted in him withdrawing from providing representation in the case.
Interesting. >>
I agree.
...And why does #4 seem so likely?
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Maybe related to why *shrug*
The core legal issue in the case is the relationship between the government and its citizens regarding "private property"; and the who, what, when, where, why and how property owned by and/or in the possession of a person can be taken and forfeited to the government.