Brandon Monk @brandon_monk

Reader/Lawyer interested in law/art/reading. Owner of The Monk Law Firm, PLLC. Nederland, TX Joined March 2009

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Scott Hechinger @ScottHech

3 weeks ago

I want to share my friend's drawings from immigration court waiting rooms. Her name is Isabelle Brourman. An extraordinary artist who first gained recognition sketching high-profile trials, including Trump’s. Her fast, visceral lines allow us to see what cameras can’t show.

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Diana Simpson @DianaKSimpson

a month ago

Grotesque case out of CA5 this week. Allegations: A substitute teacher at @LorenaISD sexually abused a 5 year old pre-K student for 7ish months. Other teachers alerted the principal—whose response was to get mad they were documenting it. She later says, “We can’t be picky.”

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KFDM News @kfdmnews

2 months ago

TEA ratings: BISD gets D, seven campuses receive Fs, district could face possible takeover, according to Austin American-Statesman. bit.ly/3Hy0r3r

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KFDM News @kfdmnews

2 months ago

The Texas Education Agency has released Accountability Ratings for 2024-2025 school year, and while they show the larger districts in the region, BISD, PAISD, and West Orange Cove-CISD earned Ds, they also include success stories and improvement. bit.ly/3Hy0r3r

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Raffi Melkonian @RMFifthCircuit

3 months ago

In a wild immunity case involving ridiculous police misbehavior Judge Oldham points out there’s no basis to allow an immediate appeal for the officer in those cases. He’s right. Honestly there shouldn’t be an immediate appeal in any immunity case. ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/2…

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josh hardman @Josh__Hardman

4 months ago

"The Trump administration appears to have made a good move — possibly a great one — by hiring Matthew Zorn, a well-known lawyer in drug policy reform circles who made a name for himself going up against the government. Now he’s working on the inside." msnbc.com/deadline-white…

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AdmindotLaw @admindotlaw

4 months ago

@victorialitman I can say from long personal experience that Matt is special. He has proven himself effective precisely where everyone else fails. He is one of a kind. All I can say is just watch. Remember this post two years from now.

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AdmindotLaw @admindotlaw

4 months ago

Kaboom marijuanamoment.net/lawyer-who-sue…

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Oshan Jarow @OshanJarow

4 months ago

Matt Zorn being named deputy general counsel at HHS, or the government's "psychedelics czar," is pretty significant news. Zorn has written extensively about how a real renaissance requires rescheduling general psychedelic substances, not just their pharma/medicalized spinoffs.

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Brandon Monk @brandon_monk

6 months ago

This supplement filed by Jake Daughtry's 2255 counsel would add the report of Dr. Ashraf Mozayani to the record for consideration in Jake Daughtry’s 2255 Motion. Dr. Ashraf Mozayani concludes the Government made false claims that the deaths were caused by 1,4 butanediol.

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Michael Ferragamo @FerragamoWx

6 months ago

Close-ups of the Gulf, Carribean, and East Coast regions:

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Michael Ferragamo @FerragamoWx

6 months ago

It's finally done, I can't believe it. After months, I have finally plotted every single Atlantic hurricane landfall on record. There are approximately 1,167 hurricane landfalls listed. This is so unreal to look at.

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Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo

6 months ago

If you live in any of the CA and TX zip codes below, on April 14, the federal gov't will begin unconstitutionally surveilling financial transactions over $200. If you'd like to join @IJ in fighting this abusive government overreach, contact us at this link:…

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Matthew Segal @segalmr

7 months ago

The term “due process” can sound like jargon, so when people use it consider replacing it with “factual accuracy.” The law says the government can do certain things to people if certain facts exist. Due process is how courts ensure that those facts actually exist.

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Raffi Melkonian @RMFifthCircuit

7 months ago

Ca5, 2-1, grants habeas and vacates a death sentence. Link to come. Judge Duncan dissents - picture of that in the next post. /1

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Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo

7 months ago

On 4/29, the Supreme Court will hear the @IJ case Martin v. U.S. (24-362). We represent an innocent family subjected to assault, battery, and false imprisonment by an FBI SWAT team conducting a #WrongHouseRaid. The questions presented are below. The focus will be on QP2... 1/2

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Raffi Melkonian @RMFifthCircuit

7 months ago

The Fifth Circuit today held a *secret* oral argument in an administrative law case. This surprises me very much. The Fifth Circuit has for the past several years been warning everyone that sealing should be used in only narrow circumstances. 1/

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Thomas Berry @Thomas_A_Berry

7 months ago

Litigating in the public interest requires many sacrifices. Today’s Supreme Court decision in Lackey v. Stinnie means it will require even more. The decision is a setback for civil rights plaintiffs who will now find it more difficult to muster the legal resources they need. 🧵

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Doug Gladden @DougtheLawyer

8 months ago

The 1876 Texas Constitution is quite the historical document. It has been amended hundreds of times since it was adopted.

Texas Capitol History @TXCapHistory

8 months ago

The 1876 Texas Constitution is quite the historical document. It has been amended hundreds of times since it was adopted.

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Scott Hechinger @ScottHech

8 months ago

95% of all convictions come from guilty pleas. 99% of cases resolve without a trial. Why: Mandatory minimums make trial too risky & the violence & trauma of pretrial detention coerce people to plead to go home or get out sooner. A perfect combination of forces to suppress truth.