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Daniels v. Warden - Motion for Reconsideration Denied

David Lee Daniels II, a pro se prisoner, filed a Motion for Reconsideration seeking to overturn this Court's prior Order adopting the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation that dismissed his habeas petition as second or successive under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). The Court applied Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) standards and denied the Motion, finding no intervening change in controlling law, no newly unavailable evidence, and no clear error warranting correction.

Lowther v. Marten Transport - Court Compels Deposition of Claims Investigator

The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma granted Plaintiff Paula Lowther's Motion to Compel the deposition of Ryan McGee, a non-party employee of Marten Transport, LTD. The Court rejected Defendants' arguments that McGee's testimony regarding his pre-suit collision investigation and his decision not to download data from the event data recorder of the subject vehicle was irrelevant, inadmissible, or disproportionate to the needs of the case. The ruling was filed on April 9, 2026 in Case No. CIV-24-1206-SLP. McGee will now be required to provide deposition testimony in this negligence action arising from a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 35 involving a semi-truck driven by Defendant Thomas Doster.

Sheryl Dorman v. Jennifer Bradshaw - Habeas Corpus Petition Dismissed for Lack of Standing

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma dismissed without prejudice a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Sheryl Dorman, the biological mother of a physically and intellectually disabled adult, JoeDaniel Lee. The court found that Petitioner lacked standing to bring the habeas petition as a "next friend" because Mr. Lee, as a detained adult, could potentially file his own petition and had not demonstrated he was unable to do so. The case arose after Tulsa County District Court Judge Anthony Miller issued a writ removing Mr. Lee from Petitioner's home and placing him in the custody of his sister Shannon Hudson based on findings of abuse allegations substantiated by an Oklahoma Department of Human Services investigator.