He could become the eighth federal judge forced out since Judge John Pickering of New Hampshire in 1804.
Last year a judge forced Pennsylvania to reveal that it had obtained drugs from a compounding pharmacy.
A federal judge forced Republicans on Long Island to drop efforts to remove Steve Forbes from the New York State primary ballot.
Only the prodding of the sole female judge forced prosecutors to go back and investigate rape, and hire female investigators.
But after a judge forced California regulators to release internal documents, the pesticide's maker pulled it from the market.
A judge forced the gas company to pay the money — and slapped Mr. Headley with an injunction to keep 50 feet from the pipeline running through his property.
When a judge forced the list's release, it turned out that it once again wrongly disenfranchised many people -- again, largely African-American -- while including almost no Hispanics.
In 1999 — almost 20 years after the trial — a federal judge forced Bowie County to open its case records, and Mr. Banks's lawyers discovered a transcript showing that Mr. Cook's testimony had been extensively rehearsed and coached.
Once Wells and his colleagues on Cohen's legal team possess everything that the judge forces the prosecutors to turn over, they will reach a judgment on how to proceed and how likely they are to win.
