PRETRIAL HEARING

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Facts

Petitioner Kerri Kaley was a sales representative for a New York–based medical-device company. See United States v. Kaley,677 F.3d 1316, 1318 (11th Cir. 2012). In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) informed her that she was under...

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The right to counsel is the right for a criminal defendant to have representation by an attorney in assistance of their defense, regardless of their ability to pay. The right to counsel stems from the Sixth Amendment of the United States...

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Temporary restraining orders (TRO) are short-term pre-trial temporary injunctions. To obtain a TRO, a party must convince the judge that he or she will suffer immediate irreparable injury unless the order is issued. If the judge is convinced that a...