U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan declined a request to grant a stay after a jury ordered Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million for defamation.
“Twenty-five days after the jury verdict in this case, and only shortly before the expiration of Rule 62’s automatic stay of enforcement of the judgment,” Kaplan noted. “Mr. Trump has moved for an ‘administrative stay’ of enforcement pending the filing and disposition of any post-trial motions he may file. He seeks that relief without posting any security.”
“The Court declines to grant any stay, much less an unsecured stay, without first having afforded plaintiff a meaningful opportunity to be heard,” the judge wrote in his one-page order.
It’s insane how our legal system works. Overly complex and benefits those who can afford the best lawyers. The prison system in the USA is also really messed up. I don’t understand how we’ve managed to turn everything, literally everything, into a squeeze on the classes to get every last cent from every angle. People are sick of ‘hustling’ and want justice, equality, opportunity to work and provide for their own. Sigh.