Melanie and Daniel Trunk were arrested in Washington D.C. and charged with federal tax evasion in the Southern District of New York Federal District Court. Your firm has been hired to represent them. Where necessary, you are to create any necessary facts in order to complete each assignment.
Draft the following motions:
1. Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction
2. Motion to Sever
3. Motion for Change of Venue
4. Motion for a Continuance
Each motion is worth 25 points. You will be graded on the following criteria:
• 50% Content: application of facts to the applicable law
• 25% Citations: proper Bluebook formatting (practitioner rules; refer to this site for assistance: http://law.richmond.libguides.com/c.php?g=129583&p=846316).
• 25% Grammar and Formatting: proper grammar and correct formatting for “motions”, as per the Federal Rules of Procedure: Title III (refer to this site for assistance: https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/title_III).
