Alaska Cases

Alaska court filings, news, and analysis

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

Public access to court documents is actually a huge problem in Alaska. @AlaskaCourt System needs e-filing now more than ever. #aklaw #akleg

[Free Law Project ⚖ @FreeLawProject]

Free PACER access was actually considered, then pulled from the latest stimulus draft. Our push was to just make Q2 free, with an option for Q3 and Q4 if needed.

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

But seriously @BillFalsey, did you guys hide all the stationary when you left?

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

Left: current Muni Manager Dembowski's notice of 2-week leave = an informal email at 4:45 pm on Friday sent to 69 people.

Right: former Muni Manager Falsey's notice of 2-week leave = a formal Memorandum distributed through channels to everyone, with contact info.

[The Alaska Landmine @alaskalandmine]

Municipal Manager Amy Demboski is out for 2 weeks. Lance Wilber will be acting municipal manager while she’s out.

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@AKPapa8 @lruskin @AKpublicnews @lruskin has strong court records linking game.

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

If you're reading/sharing this important decision, you should know it cost $3 to download. Want to help change that? Contact @lisamurkowski @SenDanSullivan @repdonyoung & ask them to support the Open Courts Act of 2021 (S-2614) which will make fed court records free to the public

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

Order in Blanford v. Dunleavy: Granting Summary Judgment #aklaw

https://t.co/CymwLEJAhT

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@jacobresneck If the citation was issued today, not uncommon for it to take a few days to show up on Courtview. That'll clear things up. (Initially thought the citation was issued in July, oops.)

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@RashahMcChesney Then there's this:

https://t.co/lwTdyhHeRe

[Jared Keller @jaredbkeller]

Somebody FOIA'd the communications around this mega-viral CDC facial hair guide and the resulting emails are FASCINATING
https://t.co/IqdA7O39fY

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

The resignation demand by Dunleavy was an unconstitutional patronage practice. This basically means @libbybakalar will win her case, too.

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

The federal district court has ruled that Gov. Dunleavy and former COS Babcock unconstitutionally fired 2 former state employees: "Plaintiffs are entitled to judgment on their § 1983 claim for damages against Defendant Governor Dunleavy and Defendant Babcock" #aklaw

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

Order in Blanford v. Dunleavy: Granting Summary Judgment #aklaw

https://t.co/CymwLEJAhT

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@jacobresneck Interesting. It doesn't appear a citation was issued. A citation for commercial fishing w/o crew license carries a mandatory court appearance and a max $3000 fine. (some citations are for "optional court appearances") - consult the Minor Offense Table: https://t.co/oNm6z1rvcr

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

Order in Blanford v. Dunleavy: Granting Summary Judgment #aklaw

https://t.co/CymwLEJAhT

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

BREAKING: An unidentified Air Force non-commissioned officer stationed at Eielson AFB is "John Doe #2" in a federal lawsuit challenging the Defense Department's vaccination mandate. Doe v. Austin (N.D. Fla.) #aklaw

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@gavin_kentch @dirtyshill @tomhewittnews Thank goodness for the rule of lenity so we don't have debate the application of AS 08.08.230.

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

Uh oh.

@tomhewittnews, did the editors screw up the bio? It should've said she "was" a lawyer. An important distinction. #aklaw

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@gavin_kentch @dirtyshill @tomhewittnews "Former lawyer" is the most accurate and easiest. If an EA wants to pen op-eds that say they're a lawyer, they should just pay the annual bar dues. It's not onerous.

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@dirtyshill @gavin_kentch @tomhewittnews *Attorney at Law.

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@dirtyshill @gavin_kentch @tomhewittnews Can we all agree that an EA may not put out an advertisement, like on the side of a bus, saying "EA: Attorney at All." But that's essentially what the bio in the op-ed was. IF it was in connection with the representation of qualified legal services provider, it would be ok.

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@gavin_kentch @tomhewittnews But it's narrow to the representation of a qualified legal services provider. So, there should never be a need for an EA to "publicly" hold oneself as lawyer, unless in connection with that representation.

Are you assuming that's the case with the op-ed? Seems like a stretch.

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

The State filed a lawsuit claiming ownership of the river beds underlying the South Fork and Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River, Bettles River, and Dietrich River. The State claims that the river beds are state lands under the Equal Footing Doctrine of the US Constitution. #aklaw

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

Complaint in State of Alaska v. United States #aklaw

https://t.co/4ZxpNswsla

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

Complaint in State of Alaska v. United States #aklaw

https://t.co/4ZxpNswsla

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

New filing in United States v. Pettus: Reply to Opposition to Motion to Dismiss for Vindictive Prosecution #aklaw

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@gavin_kentch @tomhewittnews Unless the op-ed was in connection with services provided to a qualified legal services provider, which it doesn't appear to be.

[Alaska Cases @AK_cases_bot]

@gavin_kentch @tomhewittnews An EA is an "inactive" attorney not "otherwise engaged in the practice of law," which means to "hold[] oneself out as an attorney or lawyer authorized to practice law." It's at best ambiguous whether Rule 43.2 allows an EA to hold themselves out as a lawyer w/o violating Rule 15