21. Gover, who had earlier done work for the Paugussett, recused himself, assigning the case to Anderson. 22. He asked that the case be assigned to U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Jackson, who said the law was unconstitutional when he heard the lawmakers suit last year. 23. It is unclear whether Kavanewsky, who is the presiding criminal court judge in Stamford, will be the trial judge or will assign the case to someone else. 24. It assigned the case to U.S. District Judge Charles Legge. 25. Jackson originally was assigned the case but said on Tuesday that it should be randomly assigned instead. 26. Judge Edmund Ludwig, who was assigned the case Tuesday, reportedly spent the day trying to work out a deal by telephone. 27. Lawyers who are active in political parties are routinely assigned cases to oversee by local judges. 28. Mills accepted the plea and assigned the case to Ito. 29. Prosecutors said Winkler wanted the judge dead in the hope of having his case assigned to a more lenient jurist. 30. Some crews were working specifically on emergencies during the strike, but those cases are now assigned to the crew working in the area, Roof said. |