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When U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil approved a multidistrict litigation steering committee in November, her appointments made headlines — and perhaps ushered in a new era for MDL helped along by Duke Law's Center for Judicial Studies. The plaintiff steering committee Vratil approved includes more women than men. It's the first time a majority-female leadership team has been appointed ...District Judge Vratil: 10/04/2023: Gilmore v. Larned State Hospital et al (5:23-cv-03224-JWL) District Judge Lungstrum: 10/04/2023: Employers Mutual Casualty Company v.these filings, Judge Vratil ordered that any future pro se filings in Akers' criminal case it found frivolous would result in monetary sanctions.1 Undeterred, Mr. Akers filed the instant pleading complaining of alleged fraud upon the Court by Judge Vratil and the prosecutor in his criminal proceeding, Kim Flannigan.May 4, 2023 · Civil rights organization ACLU of Kansas wants a federal judge to bring an end to a questionable practice known as the “Kansas two step.” Based on evidence heard this week in open court, U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Vratil should order a stop to a procedure that routinely violates the U.S. Constitution by illegal search and seizure. Civil rights organization ACLU of Kansas wants a federal judge to bring an end to a questionable practice known as the “Kansas two step.” Based on evidence heard this week in open court, U.S. District …Second, Plaintiff asserts an intentional infliction of emotional distress claim ("Claim 2"), alleging United States District Judge Kathryn H. Vratil and Judge James "intentionally caused plaintiff severe emotional distress by denying plaintiff his civil rights" by dismissing his claims against the City despite alleged discrimination. (Id. at 5-6.)The procedure buys time for troopers to get a drug-sniffing dog to the stop, according to the ACLU. And the tactic is illegal. No one is above the law, ACLU legal director Sharon Brett argued in ..."The Kansas Highway Patrol has waged war on motorists -- especially out-of-state residents traveling between Colorado and Missouri on federal highway I-70," a federal judge declared on Friday in a scathing condemnation of tyrannical practices embedded in police training.. Among those practices is something cops call the "Kansas Two-Step." …In this case, however, Chief Judge Vratil has graciously indicated her willingness to travel to California to conduct the trial(s). Because Chief Judge Vratil's duty station is in the Tenth Circuit, she may only preside over a trial in the Ninth Circuit with the approval of the Chief Justice of the United States. 28 U.S.C. § 292(d).May 5, 2023 · Kansas has lost a legal fight over one of the voting laws that its Republican-led Legislature passed in the wake of the 2020 election. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil ruled Thursday that it was ... In return for the government's agreement to an offense level of 25, its withdrawal of its request for an abuse of a position of trust enhancement, and its agreement to request Judge Vratil to depart downward to an offense level of 25, the defendant agrees to . . . [fourteen numbered promises]. (emphasis added).Kathryn Hoefer Vratil is a federal judge on senior status for the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. She joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. Vratil also served as the Chief Judge of the court from 2008 until taking senior status on April 22, 2014. [1] , No. 05-2019-CM, 2006 WL 2255689 (D. Kan. 2006). As noted by Judge Vratil of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas: Removal in diversity cases, to the prejudice of state court jurisdiction, is a privilege to be strictly construed . . . and the state court proceedings are to be interfered with once, at most.Jul 23, 2023 · FILE - In this April 5, 2012 photo, A Kansas Highway Patrol retro patrol car is parked outside their headquarters in Wichita, Kan. A federal judge has found that a Kansas Highway Patrol practice known as the “Kansas Two-Step” violates motorists' constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and targets motorists traveling from states where marijuana is legal. In her order, Judge Vratil directed defendant Gary Jones to respond without objection to plaintiff's interrogatories and requests for production of documents by July 26, 2017. She subsequently extended Mr. Jones' time to respond to discovery to September 25, 2017. On September 22, 2017, plaintiff received Mr. Jones' answers to theThe judge in this case found our expert's testimony should stand. In her decision, Judge Vratil held, "Under defendants' proposed standard, the Court should exclude an expert witness unless he is an expert on the cause to which he will testify and an expert on all other potential causes, even if those other causes involve entirely ...Senior Judge Kathryn H. Vratil is the 23rd judge and first woman named to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Judge Vratil graduated from the University of Kansas Law School, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif, a scholastic honorary, and the Board of Editors of the Kansas Law Review. VRATIL, District Judge. This matter comes before the Court on plaintiffs' motion for recusal under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) and (b), for relief from judgment or order pursuant to Rule 60, Fed.R.Civ.P., and for oral argument and an evidentiary hearing on the motion for relief from judgment. See Doc. # 289 filed February 25, 1999. The Court addresses ...Judge Vratil subsequently held that Trooper Schulte was not entitled to qualified immunity for this violation. Joshua Bosire's claim for damages against Trooper Brandon McMillan was tried before a jury the week of April 24, 2023.

Judge Vratil has the ability and experience to manage this MDL; and (5) the District of Kansas is a geographically central and convenient venue for this litigation. See infra at pp. 14-16.Our Judges. Chief Judge Eric F. Melgren; District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree; District Judge John W. Broomes; District Judge Holly L. Teeter; District Judge Toby Crouse; Senior Judge John W. Lungstrum; Senior Judge Kathryn H. Vratil; Senior Judge Julie A. Robinson; Magistrate Judge Teresa J. James; Magistrate Judge Gwynne E. Birzer; Magistrate ...party")). Judge Vratil recently observed: Even so, Kansas courts appear to permit an implied contractual indemnity claim without reference to whether the underlying claim was brought in contract or tort. See U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Sulco, Inc., 939 F. Supp. 820, 825 (D. Kan. 1996) (even where right to implied contractual indemnity arises out ofThe Plaintiff prays that Chief Justice Kathryn H. Vratil of Kansas District Court and the United States District Court for the District of Kansas be restrained from control by federal FBI officials, Kansas's officials, actors, agents, subcontracted agents, et al., and Chief Justice Kathryn H. Vratil and the United States District Court will ...Richard F. Boulware II, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted July 7, 2021 ... Judges, and Kathryn H. Vratil,* District Judge. Opinion by Judge Tashima SUMMARY * Recalcitrant Witness Statute The panel affirmed the district court's order granting plaintiff's motion to compel and holding Hans Jecklin in contempt as a recalcitrant ...

Although the patrol claimed the proposal is needless because current legal reforms are sufficient, the ACLU stated in a brief Judge Vratil “had already found that the injunction was appropriate and (is) the best way to avoid more violations of drivers’ rights.Article III of the Constitution states that judicial officers, or federal judges, are appointed for a life term. A federal judge may also end their term by resigning.U.S. District Judge Kathryn H. Vratil ruled Friday that the practice of detaining motorists with out-of-state license plates on I-70, particularly those from Colorado and Missouri, to search for ...…

Reader Q&A - also see RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & FAQs. On November 21, 2016, Judge Vratil declined to exercise. Possible cause: Judge Vratil of the Federal District Court for the District of Kansas largely denied these.