Federal appeals court denies Nader emergency injunction - (Ohio)

[Fluffdaddy]

CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court has ruled that it would not grant presidential candidate Ralph Nader an injunction to block a lower court's order that removed him from the Ohio ballot.

Nader had appealed an Oct. 12 ruling by U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus, who refused to place the independent on the ballot because of fraud by signature collectors.

A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in its decision Monday that Nader could not demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits of the case.

"The state administrative hearing officer found substantial evidence of fraud by the petition circulators which is supported by the evidence," the decision said.

The panel also denied Nader's request for an expedited appeal. It was not immediately clear when the court would hear the case.

Carlo LoParo, a spokesman for Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, said he had not seen the ruling but was pleased that the court denied the injunction.


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[Diana52]

1. I'm torn....

It's just difficult to enjoy anything that arrogant Blackwell may find pleasing. <sigh>