Erik Uebelacker
@uebey.bsky.social
NYC Courts Reporter for Courthouse News
📍Brooklyn, NY
Recovering cagefighting enjoyer
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📍Brooklyn, NY
Recovering cagefighting enjoyer
https://www.courthousenews.com/author/erik-uebelacker/
BROOKLYN — Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase is silent leaving federal court.
He pleaded not guilty to pitch-rigging and released on $600,000 bond.
A judge ordered GPS monitoring, finding Clase’s wealth and ties to the Dominican Republic pose risks of flight.
He pleaded not guilty to pitch-rigging and released on $600,000 bond.
A judge ordered GPS monitoring, finding Clase’s wealth and ties to the Dominican Republic pose risks of flight.
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
BROOKLYN — Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase is silent leaving federal court.
He pleaded not guilty to pitch-rigging and released on $600,000 bond.
A judge ordered GPS monitoring, finding Clase’s wealth and ties to the Dominican Republic pose risks of flight.
He pleaded not guilty to pitch-rigging and released on $600,000 bond.
A judge ordered GPS monitoring, finding Clase’s wealth and ties to the Dominican Republic pose risks of flight.
New: NY Republicans challenge the state's new even-year election law, this time in federal court 😲
Representing the GOP plaintiffs is the New York-based Brewer firm, which famously defended the NRA in its yearslong corruption case.
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Representing the GOP plaintiffs is the New York-based Brewer firm, which famously defended the NRA in its yearslong corruption case.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
New: NY Republicans challenge the state's new even-year election law, this time in federal court 😲
Representing the GOP plaintiffs is the New York-based Brewer firm, which famously defended the NRA in its yearslong corruption case.
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Representing the GOP plaintiffs is the New York-based Brewer firm, which famously defended the NRA in its yearslong corruption case.
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New: The two Russian mobsters convicted for trying to kill Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad each get 25-year prison sentences.
“Justice is beautiful,” says Alinejad.
“Justice is beautiful,” says Alinejad.
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New: The two Russian mobsters convicted for trying to kill Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad each get 25-year prison sentences.
“Justice is beautiful,” says Alinejad.
“Justice is beautiful,” says Alinejad.
As expected, Drake is appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us."
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October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As expected, Drake is appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us."
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Feds announcing two indictments against Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and ~30 others.
Apparently, Billups played in rigged mafia-backed poker games that used "sophisticated cheating tech" like X-ray tables and shuffling machines with hidden cameras inside.
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Apparently, Billups played in rigged mafia-backed poker games that used "sophisticated cheating tech" like X-ray tables and shuffling machines with hidden cameras inside.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Feds announcing two indictments against Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and ~30 others.
Apparently, Billups played in rigged mafia-backed poker games that used "sophisticated cheating tech" like X-ray tables and shuffling machines with hidden cameras inside.
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Apparently, Billups played in rigged mafia-backed poker games that used "sophisticated cheating tech" like X-ray tables and shuffling machines with hidden cameras inside.
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Update: Luigi Mangione’s defense team claims the White House and DOJ are politicizing the case by painting LM as a “left-wing violent extremist.”
They cite reports suggesting lobbying efforts from UnitedHealthcare directly.
(This is in response to the pretrial statement stuff.)
They cite reports suggesting lobbying efforts from UnitedHealthcare directly.
(This is in response to the pretrial statement stuff.)
October 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Update: Luigi Mangione’s defense team claims the White House and DOJ are politicizing the case by painting LM as a “left-wing violent extremist.”
They cite reports suggesting lobbying efforts from UnitedHealthcare directly.
(This is in response to the pretrial statement stuff.)
They cite reports suggesting lobbying efforts from UnitedHealthcare directly.
(This is in response to the pretrial statement stuff.)
LUIGI: Mangione’s criminal case in Pennsylvania is now effectively on pause.
With the Feds not allowing him to be brought in-person, and Mangione declining to appear virtually, the judge says it is “impossible” to conduct substantive hearings right now.
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With the Feds not allowing him to be brought in-person, and Mangione declining to appear virtually, the judge says it is “impossible” to conduct substantive hearings right now.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
LUIGI: Mangione’s criminal case in Pennsylvania is now effectively on pause.
With the Feds not allowing him to be brought in-person, and Mangione declining to appear virtually, the judge says it is “impossible” to conduct substantive hearings right now.
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With the Feds not allowing him to be brought in-person, and Mangione declining to appear virtually, the judge says it is “impossible” to conduct substantive hearings right now.
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LUIGI: Mangione’s federal motion to dismiss is in.
The defense argues that the stalking charges aren’t “crimes of violence” that back up for the murder and gun charges.
They also move to suppress the backpack evidence — similar to their arguments in the state case.
The defense argues that the stalking charges aren’t “crimes of violence” that back up for the murder and gun charges.
They also move to suppress the backpack evidence — similar to their arguments in the state case.
October 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
LUIGI: Mangione’s federal motion to dismiss is in.
The defense argues that the stalking charges aren’t “crimes of violence” that back up for the murder and gun charges.
They also move to suppress the backpack evidence — similar to their arguments in the state case.
The defense argues that the stalking charges aren’t “crimes of violence” that back up for the murder and gun charges.
They also move to suppress the backpack evidence — similar to their arguments in the state case.
The misstep from prosecutors is unlikely to spell the end of Mangione's murder case.
Still, it will be interesting to see how other high-profile defendants across the country will use Trump Admin commentary to make prosecutors' jobs harder than they need to be.
Still, it will be interesting to see how other high-profile defendants across the country will use Trump Admin commentary to make prosecutors' jobs harder than they need to be.
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The misstep from prosecutors is unlikely to spell the end of Mangione's murder case.
Still, it will be interesting to see how other high-profile defendants across the country will use Trump Admin commentary to make prosecutors' jobs harder than they need to be.
Still, it will be interesting to see how other high-profile defendants across the country will use Trump Admin commentary to make prosecutors' jobs harder than they need to be.
NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.
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More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.
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More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
LUIGI: Prosecutors respond to Mangione’s federal judge, who scrutinized public statements from DOJ officials as being potentially prejudicial.
October 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
LUIGI: Prosecutors respond to Mangione’s federal judge, who scrutinized public statements from DOJ officials as being potentially prejudicial.
LUIGI: The DOJ wants more time to respond to their potential violations to pretrial publicity rules in Mangione's federal case.
The judge wanted a reply by today. Prosecutors ask for Wednesday.
The judge wanted a reply by today. Prosecutors ask for Wednesday.
October 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
LUIGI: The DOJ wants more time to respond to their potential violations to pretrial publicity rules in Mangione's federal case.
The judge wanted a reply by today. Prosecutors ask for Wednesday.
The judge wanted a reply by today. Prosecutors ask for Wednesday.
Diddy can wear non-prison clothes to his sentencing Friday:
September 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Diddy can wear non-prison clothes to his sentencing Friday:
NEW: In a scathing 161-page order, a judge finds Kristi Noem + Marco Rubio knowingly conspired to chill free speech by trying to deport pro-Palestine students.
He likens ICE's masking to the KKK:
"ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence."
He likens ICE's masking to the KKK:
"ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence."
September 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
NEW: In a scathing 161-page order, a judge finds Kristi Noem + Marco Rubio knowingly conspired to chill free speech by trying to deport pro-Palestine students.
He likens ICE's masking to the KKK:
"ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence."
He likens ICE's masking to the KKK:
"ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence."
“If there is one thing I have learned from this experience, it is that victims and survivors will never be safe.”
Cassie Ventura writes to a federal judge in support of the feds’ 11-year sentence recommendation for Diddy.
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Cassie Ventura writes to a federal judge in support of the feds’ 11-year sentence recommendation for Diddy.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“If there is one thing I have learned from this experience, it is that victims and survivors will never be safe.”
Cassie Ventura writes to a federal judge in support of the feds’ 11-year sentence recommendation for Diddy.
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Cassie Ventura writes to a federal judge in support of the feds’ 11-year sentence recommendation for Diddy.
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Update: Since the feds won’t transfer Luigi Mangione to Pennsylvania, and Mangione is declining to appear remotely, this Nov. 7 hearing is now cancelled.
September 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Update: Since the feds won’t transfer Luigi Mangione to Pennsylvania, and Mangione is declining to appear remotely, this Nov. 7 hearing is now cancelled.
Update: The feds won’t transfer Luigi Mangione to PA for his hearing on Nov. 7.
The best they can do is video conferencing from jail, which Mangione’s legal team has objected to.
The best they can do is video conferencing from jail, which Mangione’s legal team has objected to.
September 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Update: The feds won’t transfer Luigi Mangione to PA for his hearing on Nov. 7.
The best they can do is video conferencing from jail, which Mangione’s legal team has objected to.
The best they can do is video conferencing from jail, which Mangione’s legal team has objected to.
A Texas man has been charged with making terroristic threats to Zohran Mamdani, per Queens DA Melinda Katz.
Some vile stuff in here:
Some vile stuff in here:
September 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A Texas man has been charged with making terroristic threats to Zohran Mamdani, per Queens DA Melinda Katz.
Some vile stuff in here:
Some vile stuff in here:
Mahmoud Khalil lost his bid for a waiver of removability, making him one step closer to deportation.
He claims his immigration judge took Marco Rubio's "misrepresentations" about him as gospel, and is asking a NJ judge to step in.
Here's some of the immigration judge's ruling:
He claims his immigration judge took Marco Rubio's "misrepresentations" about him as gospel, and is asking a NJ judge to step in.
Here's some of the immigration judge's ruling:
September 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Mahmoud Khalil lost his bid for a waiver of removability, making him one step closer to deportation.
He claims his immigration judge took Marco Rubio's "misrepresentations" about him as gospel, and is asking a NJ judge to step in.
Here's some of the immigration judge's ruling:
He claims his immigration judge took Marco Rubio's "misrepresentations" about him as gospel, and is asking a NJ judge to step in.
Here's some of the immigration judge's ruling:
New: A judge finds that ICE likely “cherry picked” statistics that are “flawed and likely misleading” to make the conditions at Manhattan’s 26 Federal Plaza seem more humane.
He granted class certification so detainees can sue the government.
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He granted class certification so detainees can sue the government.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New: A judge finds that ICE likely “cherry picked” statistics that are “flawed and likely misleading” to make the conditions at Manhattan’s 26 Federal Plaza seem more humane.
He granted class certification so detainees can sue the government.
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He granted class certification so detainees can sue the government.
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Just 24 members of the public were allowed inside the Luigi Mangione courtroom today.
Court officers repeatedly instructed them, “no outbursts, no cell phones.”
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Court officers repeatedly instructed them, “no outbursts, no cell phones.”
Footage via @abc7.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just 24 members of the public were allowed inside the Luigi Mangione courtroom today.
Court officers repeatedly instructed them, “no outbursts, no cell phones.”
Footage via @abc7.bsky.social
Court officers repeatedly instructed them, “no outbursts, no cell phones.”
Footage via @abc7.bsky.social
Written ruling is out:
"The people presented sufficient evidence that the defendant murdered Brian Thompson in a premeditated and calculated execution. That does not mean, however, that the defendant did so with terroristic intent.”
Full filing: www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
"The people presented sufficient evidence that the defendant murdered Brian Thompson in a premeditated and calculated execution. That does not mean, however, that the defendant did so with terroristic intent.”
Full filing: www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
September 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Written ruling is out:
"The people presented sufficient evidence that the defendant murdered Brian Thompson in a premeditated and calculated execution. That does not mean, however, that the defendant did so with terroristic intent.”
Full filing: www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
"The people presented sufficient evidence that the defendant murdered Brian Thompson in a premeditated and calculated execution. That does not mean, however, that the defendant did so with terroristic intent.”
Full filing: www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
New: A federal judge is allowing ICE courthouse arrests in NYC to continue, denying a challenge brought by immigrant rights groups and @ACLU
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But he DID block immigration judges from tossing cases to reduce caseload — a limited win for the groups.
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But he DID block immigration judges from tossing cases to reduce caseload — a limited win for the groups.
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New: A federal judge is allowing ICE courthouse arrests in NYC to continue, denying a challenge brought by immigrant rights groups and @ACLU
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But he DID block immigration judges from tossing cases to reduce caseload — a limited win for the groups.
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
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But he DID block immigration judges from tossing cases to reduce caseload — a limited win for the groups.
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
Feds across the board are now less equipped to solve certain crimes.
Over the summer, a Homeland Security official testified that he had to pull agents from counterintelligence + terrorism units to focus on the White House’s initiative to deport pro-Palestine student protesters.
Over the summer, a Homeland Security official testified that he had to pull agents from counterintelligence + terrorism units to focus on the White House’s initiative to deport pro-Palestine student protesters.
September 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Feds across the board are now less equipped to solve certain crimes.
Over the summer, a Homeland Security official testified that he had to pull agents from counterintelligence + terrorism units to focus on the White House’s initiative to deport pro-Palestine student protesters.
Over the summer, a Homeland Security official testified that he had to pull agents from counterintelligence + terrorism units to focus on the White House’s initiative to deport pro-Palestine student protesters.
Eataly's Flatiron location has been hit with a negligence suit from a woman who claims she bit into a ravioli filled with shards of a broken plate:
September 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Eataly's Flatiron location has been hit with a negligence suit from a woman who claims she bit into a ravioli filled with shards of a broken plate: