Wasting no time, US District Judge Neal Biggers on Friday granted the Sun Herald’s motion to allow prior press and public access to presentencing recommendation letters written on behalf of Dickie Scruggs and his co-defendants (earlier). The paper will be allowed to examine the letters on Wednesday June 25, two days prior to the sentencing of Dickie Scruggs and Sid Backstrom (story, order). This should make for an interesting week. UPDATE (h/t dmwriter via folo): Backstrom’s attorneys have now asked Judge Biggers to reconsider.
In other Scruggs news, US District Judge L.T. Senter on Monday denied the Rigsby sisters’ motion to reconsider his May 19 order disqualifying Kansas City lawyers Todd Graves, Chip Robertson and their respective law firms from Ex rel. Rigsby and granted them 45 days to get new counsel or proceed pro se (Sun Herald).
Judge Senter on Friday also upheld US Magistrate Judge Robert Walker’s May 15 order compelling Dickie Scruggs to turn over a raft of documents in the McIntosh v. State Farm case (earlier); h/t Y’all Politics.
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