Mr. Giuliani's Staten Island Lawyer... Gets Schooled -- By USDC Judge Liman. Most Of His Four Page Letter: DENIED.

Scant surprise here. US District Court Judges in Manhattan are -- in general -- a very hard-boiled lot. They've seen it all before: the bluster, the bravado. . . the impotent chutzpah.

This is one of those cases. That four page motion/letter I posted on Friday -- from Mr. Giuliani's new lawyer. . . landed, with a sickening thud. It has now fallen -- as a largely dead letter. Do see the below, from the immensely able USDC Judge Liman -- just entered on the docket:

. . .To the extent that Defendant requests an extension of deadlines that would expire prior to November 26, 2024, that request is denied. All deadlines remain in place.

To the extent that Defendant's letter requests additional relief beyond an extension and substitution of counsel, those requests must be made by formal motion and will be disregarded as expressed in the letter at Dkt. No. 121. The Court refers counsel to the Court's Individual Practices in Civil Cases for guidance. . . .

(Signed by Judge Lewis J. Liman on 11/18/2024). . . .

There is deliciously sublime irony at work here -- seeing the once mighty Rudy, humbled before the law he used against so many of limited means, across decades of his career as a prosecutor -- and then Mayor -- of the Apple. Onward.

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