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Lawyers argue whether Taylor is actually selling the Timberwolves and Lynx Jeff Day, Star Tribune
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That question will receive an answer soon from Eric C. Tostrud, U.S. district court judge for the state of Minnesota, after he heard arguments from lawyers representing franchise majority owner Glen Taylor and minority owner Meyer Orbach during an injunction hearing on Wednesday in St. Paul.
Orbach is asking the judge to stop a sale of 20% of Taylor s ownership shares to Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, or have the court hold all funds from the sale. Orbach believes that his partnership agreement with Taylor, who also owns the Star Tribune, has been violated because he is not being allowed to sell his shares before Taylor transfers ownership.
Jury awards $30,000 over Anoka County jail policy for foreign-born immigrants Woman is awarded $30K after 2017 arrest, 5 hours in jail and ICE detention. January 28, 2021 9:58pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A jury ruled on Thursday that the Anoka County jail held an immigrant woman longer than legally permissible after arresting her for driving without a license in 2017.
But the jury concluded that Myriam Parada did not suffer damages from jail staff reporting her to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, resulting in her being taken to ICE detention and setting into motion deportation procedures.
The decision marked the end of a four-day civil trial presided over by U.S. Chief Judge John R. Tunheim and the first federal trial that has been held entirely over Zoom in Minnesota to accommodate safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. The jury awarded Parada $30,000 for the harm she suffered through false imprisonment, consi
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Jurors heard opening statements Monday in a civil case that alleges Anoka County jail s unwritten rule of reporting foreign-born suspects to immigration authorities led to one woman s nightmare of wrongful imprisonment and constitutional violations.
In a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, Myriam Parada, 24, of Anoka, says the jail intentionally slow-walked her release after learning she was born in Mexico to keep her in custody until Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could take her.
Parada is suing Anoka County and its sheriff, James Stuart, over the 2017 detention, originally for driving without a license. On July 25, Parada was driving family members home from her sister s 15th birthday party at a beach in Andover when another driver rear-ended her at a traffic light. Parada showed the officer on the scene her consulate identification, which listed her birthplace as Mexico, and the officer took her to Anoka