The full panel of a federal circuit court in Washington vacated its own order on July 30 in an appeal filed by former national security …
The full panel of a federal circuit court in Washington vacated its own order on July 30 in an appeal filed by former national security adviser Michael Flynn and agreed to rehear arguments from all parties on Aug.11. The decision by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the latest in Flynn’s extraordinary legal saga, which has now pitted the defendant and his prosecutors against a federal judge in an impasse over whether the case should be dismissed. A three-judge panel from the same court ruled in favor of Flynn on June 24, ordering District Judge Emmet Sullivan to approve the Department of Justice (DOJ) motion to dismiss the charges against Flynn. However, Sullivan didn’t comply and requested that the full panel from the circuit court review the appeal. The full panel, or “en banc,” review, suggests that the majority of the judges were at least on the fence about granting Flynn’s petition.
