It’s unclear what, if any, impact Judge Robert Dow’s departure could have on Ald. Burke’s case.
A little more than a year before a scheduled jury trial, the federal racketeering case against Chicago Ald. Edward Burke has been reassigned to a new judge.
U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall will be taking over the hot-button case after the previous judge, Robert Dow, he’s leaving the federal bench to serve as counselor to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, according to a court order docketed on Tuesday.It’s unclear what, if any, impact Dow’s departure could have on Burke’s case. Earlier this year, he denied pretrial motions by Burke and his two co-defendants,after years of pandemic-related delays. A status hearing in the case is currently set for Dec. 12.
Kendall, a President George W. Bush nominee who has been on the bench since 2006, is a former federal prosecutor and experienced jurist who’s handled many complex cases before, so it would seem she has more than enough time to get up to speed on the Burke case over the next 13 months.U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall, shown in 2016, will be taking over the case against Ald. Edward Burke.
With cases still backed up at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse due to the pandemic, defendants who are in custody — unlike in Burke’s case — have generally been given preference when it comes to scheduling.
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