How to Use federal case in a Sentence

federal case

noun
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  • The status of the federal case is unclear; no charges have been filed.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Chaudry faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each count in the federal case.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The new federal case is only the latest gun charge for Lil Zay.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Fox and Croft are among six defendants charged in the federal case.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Lane and Kueng are both serving 2 1/2-year prison sentences in the federal case.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 May 2023
  • With the federal case against Crusius over, attention turns to the state charges.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • The pardon only applied to the federal case and does not preclude the state charges.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Online court records do not list attorneys for the men in the federal case.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2022
  • By then, the brothers had pleaded guilty in their federal case.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Goines has also pleaded not guilty in the federal case.
    — Andrea Salcedo, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Erie, based in the Pennsylvania city of the same name, had sought a trial by jury in the federal case.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Sayfullo Saipov could face the death penalty in the federal case.
    — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Both McMichaels received life prison sentences in the federal case, while Bryan was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
    — Russ Bynum, ajc, 11 Mar. 2023
  • In the federal case, Trump pardoned Bannon in the closing days of his White House term, ending that case against him.
    — Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The settlement with the states doesn’t cover the federal case, which Walmart has sought to have dismissed.
    — Sarah Nassauer, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Special counsel Jack Smith wants both federal case trials to start in the first half 2024.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • And Smith’s team is seeking a Jan. 2 trial date in the federal case over Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Smith's team is seeking a Jan. 2 trial date in the federal case over Trump's efforts to overturn the election.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In fact, in D.C. tomorrow there's going to be a hearing about one of his federal cases where his lawyers have pushed to have the trial in 2026.
    — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Although a central figure in that federal case, Alex hasn't been charged.
    — Fox News, 14 Nov. 2022
  • After spending the last 10 weeks in lockup, Kapri will walk away free and clear of his federal case, Cohen confirmed.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Trice, through his attorney, declined to comment on the state charges, but CNN didn’t receive a response on the federal case.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 7 July 2023
  • He was not arraigned in federal court and has not entered a plea in either the state or federal cases.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • In other words, he was found guilty in Brooklyn of one set of crimes, but at present he is presumed innocent of the charges in his Chicago federal case.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Bannon’s case differs because he was dropped from the federal case in its early stages.
    — Eric Tucker and Michael R. Sisak, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022
  • He's proposed to have some of the federal cases delayed until after the 2024 election.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • She is scheduled to be sentenced in the federal case on October 18 and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The report was never done and Acevedo did no other work on AT&T’s behalf, according to the statement in the federal case.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • At the time of his arrest in the federal case, the man was allegedly driving with 15 pounds of cannabis and a semiautomatic handgun.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2022
  • As late as the Season 2 reunion, Shah was asserting her innocence in the federal case against her.
    — Vulture, 16 Oct. 2022

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