By Maxine Bernstein
Marcus Mumford, the Utah lawyer who represented Ammon Bundy in the
Oregon refuge case, called a judge's push to ban him from practicing law
in federal court in Oregon "vindictive'' and based on a "biased and
skewed view'' of court proceedings. Mumford questioned the authority of Oregon's Chief U.S. District
Judge Michael W. Mosman to strip him of the prerogative. He also accused
deputy U.S. marshals who tackled him and stunned him with a Taser of
trying to "settle scores'' in the wake of his success. In a 138-page response to Mosman's proposed sanction filed late Friday, Mumford further
wondered whether the timing of the judge's action was intended to
prevent him from continuing to represent Bundy as he's set to go on
trial in Nevada this week...more
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