Clay D. Land

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After Rhodes asked for Taitz to be removed as her attorney, [9] on October 13, 2009, Judge Land issued a scathing 40-page ruling sanctioning Taitz and imposed a monetary penalty of $20,000 under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. [10] [11] Upon learning of Land's ruling, Taitz told Talking Points Memo that she would not pay the fine, calling it "intimidation".

Judge Land ruled to continue the incarceration of ICE detainees at the Irwin County Detention Center in Irwin County, Georgia during the COVID-19 crisis. During the more than three-month period, from the original filing to the day of the hearing, one inmate in a nearby facility died from the disease. In his summation he indicated that he had "not heard anything terribly persuasive to change my mind." [12]

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  2. ↑ "Senate - Hon. Clay Land (GA SS 16)". Georgia Senate . Georgia General Assembly. 2000-08-11. Archived from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  3. ↑ "Hon. Clay Land (GA SS 16)". State of Georgia (Legislative archives). November 8, 2000. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Members Of The General Assembly Of Georgia". State of Georgia. January 1990. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ Clay D. Land at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  6. ↑ Justin Elliott (September 16, 2009). "Birther Orly Taitz Compares Self To Mandela, Wants Judge Tried For Treason". Talking Points Memo. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009.
  7. ↑ Motion for stay of Connie Rhodes' deployment
  8. ↑ Justin Elliott (September 18, 2009). "Judge Clay Land v. Orly Taitz, Part II". TPM Muckraker.
  9. ↑ Alan Riquelmy (September 19, 2009). "Letter signed Capt. Connie Rhodes says she had never agreed to an appeal, says Rhodes will file complaint against attorney Orly Taitz". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. Archived from the original on September 23, 2009.
  10. ↑ Justin Elliott (October 13, 2009). "Judgment Day: Birther Taitz Fined $20,000 For Misconduct". Talking Points Memo.
  11. ↑ Land, Clay D. (October 13, 2009). "Order". United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  12. ↑ Freed Wessler, Seth (June 4, 2020). "Fear, Illness and Death in ICE Detention: How a Protest Grew on the Inside". The New York Times.

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Clay D. Land
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
In office
October 1, 2014 –June 30, 2020
Legal offices
Preceded byJudge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
2001–present		Incumbent
Preceded byChief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
2014–2020		Succeeded by
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