Dallas Cowboys running back lost his attempt to block his six-game suspension Monday when U. S. District Judge Katherine Polk Faila denied a request for a preliminary injunction after hearing arguments from the NFL and NFLPA.
Dallas Cowboys running back lost his attempt to block his six-game suspension Monday when U. S. District Judge Katherine Polk Faila denied a request for a preliminary injunction after hearing arguments from the NFL and NFLPA.
Judge Faila, in her ruling, stayed the decision for 24 hours to afford parties the opportunity to consider appellate options.
With the ruling in U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Elliott’s six-game suspension would again be in effect and he would be ineligible to play until the Cowboys’ game in Oakland against the Raiders on Dec. 17.
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Ezekiel Elliott ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns, and the Dallas Cowboys took advantage of a blocked field goal return and three turnovers to beat the Washington Redskins 33-19 Sunday and move into sole possession of second place in the NFC East.
The Cowboys’ Jerry Jones was a leading voice among 17 NFL owners on a conference call Thursday that discussed the possibility of halting commissioner Roger Goodell’s pending contract extension, sources involved with the call told ESPN.
But Elliott and the NFLPA have the option of appealing the decision to the U. S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, and seek a stay that would allow him to continue to play while the appeal process played out. Elliott received the six-game suspension on Aug. 11 for violating the league’s personal conduct policy relating to domestic violence allegations by a former girlfriend. He was never charged with any crime by authorities who investigated the allegations.
Elliott was in the courtroom on Monday. The second-year running back had been granted a temporary restraining order by U. S. District Judge Paul Crotty on Oct. 17, but that order is expiring.
The NFLPA had been granted a preliminary injunction by a federal judge in Texas on Sept. 8, but a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled with the NFL on Oct. 12 and lifted the injunction
The NFLPA then went to the Southern District Court in New York, where the case now resides.
Elliott has said he is fighting for his name after the NFL handed down a six-game suspension for violating the personal conduct policy with what the league believes is persuasive evidence that he committed domestic violence against a former girlfriend in July 2016. The Columbus, Ohio, authorities did not press charges against Elliott. The court fight has been more about the process involved that led Commissioner Roger Goodell to levy a suspension.
