En Banc D.C. Circuit Denies Flynn's Petition to Dismiss Criminal Case
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, sitting en banc, denied Michael Flynn’s petition to immediately dismiss his case. In a per curiam ruling, with two judges dissenting, the court granted District Judge Emmet Sullivan’s July 9 request to reevaluate whether Flynn’s criminal case should be dismissed. In May, Sullivan had rejected a Justice Department request to stop prosecution against Flynn despite his guilty pleas for lying under oath to the FBI.
This full-court decision reverses the 2-1 panel ruling by the D.C. Circuit on June 24, which ordered Sullivan to dismiss the case against Flynn. In today’s decision, Judges Karen Henderson and Neomi Rao dissented, while Judge Thomas Griffith filed a concurring opinion. Judge Gregory Katsas was recused from the case.
You can read the decision here and below:
