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BOBER V. DIJOLS IN NOVEMBER (FOR NOW)

By JAABLOG

Judge Richard Yale Feder ruled today for Pedro Dijols in an emergency hearing requested by his legal team (Scherer, Rogow, and Cocalis) for an injunction stopping Dr. Snipes' office from printing and disseminating the ballots for the November 7 general election with the name "Mardi Levey" appearing as a candidate.Judge Feder ordered Mardi Levey's name stricken from the ballot. He ordered Pedro Dijols' name back on the ballot. He ordered Dr. Snipes to do whatever was necessary to adhere to his order, despite protestations from her counsel that the ballots had already been shipped to the printer, that it would be "near impossible to turn this horse around," and that it could not be guaranteed that "we can do this and have a successful election in November...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on September 17, 2008 (boomark / email).