Wednesday, February 14, 2007

California: Josh Wolf Case Assigned to Mediator

Michelle Meyers writes on the C|Net Media Blog:

Video blogger Josh Wolf, who last week became the longest-imprisoned journalist for contempt of court, got some good news yesterday in the form of a court order assigning his case to a mediating judge for settlement negotiations.

On August 1, Wolf, 24, was sent to a federal correctional facility in Dublin, Calif., for refusing to cooperate with a federal grand jury seeking unpublished footage he shot during a 2005 anarchist protest in San Francisco that turned violent. With exception of a short release on bail, he's been there ever since--for almost six months.

But on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William Alsop, who has thus far presided over the case, referred it to U.S. Magistrate Joseph Spero for mediation, Wolf's Oakland, Calif.-based attorney Dan Siegel said Wednesday.

More here.

Background here.

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