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Judge isn’t ordering jail to free inmates in virus hot spot
SILVER SPRING — A federal judge on Wednesday said she will require a Maryland jail in a COVID-19 hot spot to implement measures to prevent the virus from spreading inside the facility, but she isn’t ordering the immediate release of medically vulnerable prisoners. During a hearing, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the written order […]
Prince George’s County asks judge to toss suit over virus in jail
One of Maryland's largest counties on Sunday asked a federal judge to throw out a civil rights group's lawsuit that claims its jail has failed to stop an “uncontrolled” coronavirus outbreak or properly care for infected prisoners.
Jury conjures guilty verdict in Maryland woman’s fraud trial
An investment adviser was convicted Wednesday of charges she defrauded investors out of millions of dollars, some of which she used to pay more than $800,000 for prayers by Hindu priests in India to ward off federal investigators.
Ponzi scheme suspect paid $720K for prayers amid SEC probe
An investment adviser charged with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme spent nearly three-quarters of a million dollars on prayers by Hindu priests in India to ward off a federal investigation and save her failing business, according to testimony at her trial this week.
Senate confirms Xinis to U.S. District Court in Greenbelt
The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Paula Xinis to be a judge on the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.
Xinis seems headed to Senate vote for seat on U.S. bench in Greenbelt
Paula Xinis, whose nomination to the federal bench has been mired for eight months in election-year politics, will likely get a full-Senate vote soon on whether she takes a seat on the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.
