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Prison move temporarily cuts Michael Parnell’s ties with his lawyer during 11th Circuit action

By Dan Flynn on August 1, 2023

Like former PCA President Stewart Parnell, Michael Parnell is before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta with a petition to vacate his conviction and sentence. Those petitions by the Parnell brothers have previously…

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11th Circuit delay gives Stewart Parnell more time to file an Appellant’s Brief

By Dan Flynn on June 27, 2023

Stewart Parnell’s attorney, Amy Lee Copeland, requested an extension for filing an Appellant’s Brief, which was granted by the clerk for the 11th Ciricuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.

Copeland was to have filed the…

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11th Circuit is hearing Habeas Corpus petitions from the Parnell brothers

By Dan Flynn on June 14, 2023

In the nearly four years that brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell have pursued federal Writs of Habeas Corpus, the procedure has not given them much encouragement. But that may be changing as petitions for both…

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Two Michael Parnell motions were denied by the federal court

By Dan Flynn on April 25, 2023

Now on senior status, Federal Judge W. Louis Sands presided over the 2014 criminal trial of Peanut Corporation of American executives. And in new rulings, Sands has said “No” and “No” again to defendant Michael…

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Stewart Parnell looks for better Habeas in Atlanta than he just had in Mid-Georgia

By Dan Flynn on March 29, 2023

A decade after his indictment and a year after United States Magistrate Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff denied his petition for early release, one-time peanut butter mogul Stewart Parnell still has one more card to play.…

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It’s the 10th anniversary of the PCA indictment and the courts are still working on it

By Dan Flynn on January 31, 2023

This February is the 10th anniversary of the criminal indictment of Peanut Corporation of America’s executives. And the two defendants who remain in federal custody are still actively pursuing release, meaning there have only been…

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Attorneys for Parnell brothers file responses to keep their 2255 Motions alive

By Dan Flynn on May 10, 2022

Attorneys for brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell had no trouble finding errors in a magistrate judge’s recommendations that would deny their 28 U.S.C. §2255 motions.

 Federal inmates  may  challenge their convictions, obtain sentence reductions,  or…
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Parnell brothers plan to file objections to magistrate’s denial recommendation

By Dan Flynn on April 21, 2022

Brothers Stewart Parnell, 67, and Michael Parnell, 63, will each be filing objections to the federal habeas corpus recommendations against them in relation to food safety felonies involving the deadly 2008-09 multistate Salmonella outbreak associated…
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Parnell brothers fail to persuade magistrate that their trial lawyers were ineffective

By Dan Flynn on April 13, 2022

The U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Georgia recommends denial of motions to release brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell from federal custody. Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff quietly filed decisions on April 7 after…
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A ‘Top Ten’ of 2021’s news events

By Dan Flynn on December 29, 2021

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Editor’s Note:  We try to frame 10 of the most important happenings every year, but it’s not just about the “Top Ten Stories.” That is because what is essential is rarely about …
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