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Monday, August 22, 2016
Pollard Files Notice of Intent to Appeal

Pollard Files Notice of Intent to Appeal
By Avraham Weissman Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 7:25 pm
http://hamodia.com/2016/08/21/pollard-files-notice-intent-appeal/

NEW YORK - Eight days after a federal judge rejected a habeus corpus
petition filed by Jonathan Pollard, seeking the removal of broad and severe
parole restrictions, Pollard’s attorneys filed on Friday a notice of intent
to appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

In a lengthy written ruling Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of New York, repeatedly referring to what
she felt was the court’s limited authority to overrule a finding by the U.S.
Parole Commission.

In court filing and oral arguments, Pollard attorney Eliot Lauer argued
there is no rational basis for Pollard’s parole restrictions, which he said
came from the Parole Commission’s vindictiveness against Pollard.

Pollard is currently required to wear a GPS monitoring system that consists
of a non-removable transmitter installed on his wrist, and a receiver that
is plugged into an outlet in his residence. Whenever he moves outside the
range of the receiver, the transmitter — which is three inches long and two
inches wide — acts as a GPS tracker and monitors his location. Were Pollard
to step out of his tiny studio apartment to daven with a minyan or get some
fresh air on Shabbos or Yom Tov, the battery would begin to drain, forcing
him to choose between violating Shabbos or facing re-arrest.

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