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Rep. Devin Nunes Lawyer to Pay CNN $21,000 After Frivolous Lawsuit
On 5/6/21 at 7:07 PM EDT
A lawyer known for representing Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in a string of unsuccessful defamation suits against media companies and parody Twitter accounts has been sanctioned and ordered to pay over $21,000 in attorneys fees to CNN.
U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett determined that an amended version of a lawsuit filed by attorney Steven Biss on behalf of Nunes senior aide Derek Harvey late last year was frivolous, according to court documents obtained by Law & Crime. The amended suit was dismissed with prejudice on March 31 after the judge determined that it did not make any new claims. With prejudice is a legal term that means the lawsuit cannot be filed again.
FRESNO, Calif. â The court rulings brought hope. Finally, California s Native American population â the nation s largest â would receive its rightful share of federal health care funding.
Triumphant, leaders in the California Native community journeyed to Washington to negotiate the process of opening the funding pipeline.
That was more than four decades ago.
Today, despite a 1979 federal court-ordered settlement that would have pumped millions of dollars into California for Native American health care, the state s share remains stunningly underfunded by the Indian Health Service, Native leaders say. Their claim has been corroborated by government records and, most recently, a 2019 letter to IHS co-signed by then-Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, urging the agency to repair this longstanding inequity.
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