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February 19, 2021
Parties arguing that a new pork inspection rule from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) eliminates necessary precautions and inspections filed their second amended complaint in the Northern District of California lawsuit on Thursday. The plaintiffs, including the Center for Food Safety, the Food & Water Watch, and the Humane Farming Association, claimed that the new rule lowers the quality of swine inspection requirements by turning the responsibility for inspections over to the companies involved in slaughtering and processing swine.
The contested rule published on October 11, 2019, in the Federal Register, is known as the New Swine Inspection System (NSIS). According to the amended complaint, in addition to allowing companies to perform their own inspections, it lifts limits on production speeds which in turn makes inspections more difficult.
Aaron KellerFeb 9th, 2021, 7:00 pm
Ethan Nordean, a.k.a. Rufio Panman, appears on InfoWars with Alex Jones. (Image via screen capture from InfoWars.)
In yet another reversal of a ruling by a federal magistrate judge, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered that Proud Boy
Ethan Nordean (also known as
Rufino
Federal prosecutors filed a Motion for Emergency Stay before Chief Judge
Beryl A. Howell of the D.C. District after a different federal magistrate judge in Washington State decided Nordean should be allowed to go free on bail. Judge Howell “granted the government’s motion and ordered that the release order” previously issued by Chief Magistrate Judge
Defense says Erik Munchel picked up plastic handcuffs in Capitol to prevent misuse, tried ‘to keep a rein on’ his mother, also charged with conspiracy.
A federal judge has blocked the release of Eric Gavelek Munchel, 30, the D.C. insurrection defendant better known as "zip tie guy." There's a still a chance he could be released pending trial, but Beryl A. Howell, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, wants to review a Tennessee magistrate judge's prior decision.
Paula Reed Ward | Tribune-Review
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An Allegheny County judge on Friday ordered an evidentiary hearing in the county health department’s request for an immediate injunction against a Brentwood restaurant continuing to operate despite closure orders issued more than five months ago.
Attorneys for the Allegheny County Health Department asked Judge John McVay to enforce an Aug. 11 closure order against the Crack’d Egg – an order issued for the restaurant’s repeated flouting of covid-19 mitigation measures in place since early last year.