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Federal Courts Lack Authority to Expunge Valid Convictions

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision that it lacked jurisdiction to expunge criminal convictions pursuant to its inherent power to order equitable relief, or pursuant to the All Writs Act.

David Rowlands, a New Jersey public official, was convicted of several criminal offenses for accepting ...

 

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