Oral arguments were heard first thing Thursday morning in Atlanta at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
A three-judge panel heard back-to-back oral arguments on behalf of Michael and Stewart Parnell. Attorneys for each were given 15 minutes to make their case, and equal time was spent
Continue Reading Appellate judges hear Parnell brothers’ Habeas Corpus motions in Salmonella case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit is ready to hear the back-to-back oral arguments on behalf of Michael and Stewart Parnell.
The brothers, once associated with a deadly Salmonella outbreak blamed on the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America, are asking for the vacation of their convictions
Continue Reading 11th Circuit is ready to hear oral arguments from Parnells in peanut butter case
Within a few days of one another in 2019, brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell filed separate 2255 Motions for release from their convictions and sentences, which were handed down in relation to their roles in a nationwide outbreak traced to peanut butter products. Ever since these Habeas Corpus motions alleging
Continue Reading Parnell brothers want to consolidate cases for oral arguments at Appeals Court
The 11th Circuit Court Of Appeals was scheduled to hear that five-year habeas corpus motion from Stewart Parnell but pulled it back.
The second highest court in the land promises to re-assign the Stewart Parnell case shortly.
The Atlanta-based court appears ready to wrap up the Habeas petitions from Stewart
Continue Reading Parnell habeas corpus petitions are about to be heard by 11th Circuit panel of judges
For the first time since the U.S. Bureau of Prisons became responsible for their imprisonment, brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell are together.
The 69-year-old Stewart and the 65-year-old Michael are housed in the low-security prison at Butner, NC. Both men are serving lengthy sentences for their part in causing a
Continue Reading Parnell brothers near the end of the 2255 motion process
The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a single Certificate of Appealability (COA) on Jan. 10 in the Motion 2255 Habeas Petition sought by former peanut broker Michael Parnell.
The order by the Atlanta-based appellate court sets Feb.20, 2024, as the deadline for Parnell’s attorney to file an appellant’s
Continue Reading Michael Parnell’s appeal is going forward on narrow grounds with a brief due on Feb. 20
Stewart Parnell, 67, and Michael Parnell, 62, have returned to their low and medium secure lockups after appearing for their motion hearings last month at the C.B. King Courthouse in Albany, GA.
Transcripts of those proceedings also became available to the parties, kicking off the written arguments for U.S. Magistrate
Continue Reading Parnell attorneys preparing their written arguments for vacating sentences
Brothers Stewart Parnell, 66, and Michael Parnell, 62, have, respectively, another 18 and 11 years to serve in federal prisons for their 2014 jury convictions involving Peanut Corporation of America (PCA).
But with so-called “2255” evidentiary hearings now scheduled, on April 20 for Michal and on May 25 for Stewart,
Continue Reading Hearings set on motions to vacate convictions and sentences of Parnell brothers in deadly Salmonella outbreak
His calendar at the medium-security federal prison at Hazelton, WV, might well have March 9 circled. His move there last year puts 65-year old Steward Parnell just 200 miles away from his family in Lexington, VA, much closer than he was when held in South Carolina.
Marks on his calendar
Continue Reading His new elite appellate team says Stewart Parnell did not get a fair trial
The schedule is now a little clearer for the trial of the four former Peanut Corporation of America executives on 76 federal felony counts. U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands has indicated that the trial could still begin Feb. 10, 2014, if an Oklahoma murder trial begins earlier than
Continue Reading PCA Criminal Trial Unlikely to Move off February 2014 Start Date
