Anyone expecting disgraced former Portage Mayor James Snyder to report to federal prison on Oct. 16 to begin serving a 21-month sentence in his cases for defrauding the IRS and public corruption can scratch that date off the calendar. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kennelly agreed to Snyder’s request to postpone surrender to the federal Bureau of Prisons until 60 days after .
Two groups have stepped up and filed friend of the court briefs on behalf of former Portage Mayor James Snyder in his quest to have the U.S. Supreme Court consider overturning his public corruption conviction. One pursues “the defense of constitutional liberties” and the other is committed to “identifying and reforming flaws, and inequities in the criminal legal system.” The American Center .
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Former Portage Mayor James Snyder filed a petition earlier this month asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider overturning his conviction in federal court over taking $13,000 in regards to
James Snyder, 45, was denied an appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit in June. He now asks the nation s highest court to examine the case.