Court Removes Judge From Criminal Case Over COVID-19 Dispute

Judge ‘improperly defied’ an order, court says.
Court Removes Judge From Criminal Case Over COVID-19 Dispute
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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A federal appeals court has removed a judge from a criminal case after he dismissed it twice due to a ban on jury trials during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The case against Jeffrey Olsen is being reassigned from U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said on May 9.
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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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