Fischer, though, observed that the city had lost or altered documents in at least 90% of the 144 clean-up cases reviewed by the court. Many of the lost records were used to justify the city’s practice of seizing and destroying homeless residents’ personal possessions.
“As we have made clear previously, we will be defending this case,” the BBC said in a statement. “We are not going to make further legal comment on ongoing legal proceedings.”
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari on Emigrant’s appeal, ending a more than decade-long effort by Emigrant to escape accountability for predatory loans targeting homeowners of color. Homeowners will now receive $722,000 (plus post-judgment interest) in compensatory damages previously awarded at trial by a jury in the Eastern District of New York.
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Ezra also noted that two of the counties named as defendants in the lawsuit—Williamson and Bell—have taken steps to eliminate the use of pollbooks to number ballot paper. The other defendant county, Llano County, does not use pollbooks for the purpose of numbering.
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During an earlier hearing, Judge Cobb told the Department of Homeland Security that she would need to see more evidence proving that the agency has, in fact, completely changed its funding stream. Without this evidence, Cobb said, it would appear that the agency has blatantly disregarded and violated her previous order regarding congressional visitation rights.