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UNITED STATES v. JOSEPH

No. 20-1787, No. 20-1794.

26 F.4th 528 (2022)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Shelley M. Richmond JOSEPH, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Wesley MacGregor, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 28, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Hoopes , with whom Douglas S. Brooks , Libby Hoopes Brooks PC, Elizabeth N. Mulvey , Crowe & Mulvey LLP, Felicia H. Ellsworth , and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP were on brief, for appellant Shelley M. Richmond Joseph.

Rosemary C. Scapicchio for appellant Wesley MacGregor.

Maura Healey , Attorney General of Massachusetts, Robert E. Toone , Anne Sterman , and Amanda Hainsworth , Assistant Attorneys General, on brief for The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, amicus curiae.

Matthew R. Segal , Daniel L. McFadden , Krista Oehlke , and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Massachusetts, Inc. on brief for The Ad Hoc Committee for Judicial Independence, amicus curiae.

Sabin Willett , Vanessa M. Brown , and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP on brief for Legal Scholars, amici curiae.

Howard M. Cooper , Benjamin J. Wish , Maria T. Davis , and Todd & Weld LLP on brief for The Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Donald C. Lockhart , Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Andrew E. Lelling , U.S. Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.

These appeals concern the pending federal prosecution of Massachusetts state district court judge Shelley Joseph and her courtroom deputy Wesley MacGregor for actions that allegedly interfered with the enforcement of federal immigration law. The defendants request that we step in now and review the trial court's refusal to...

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