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Recent Examples of remand
Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
Those charges, and the evidence against Robinson, were strong enough for a judge to sign off on Utah Attorney General Brian Davis' request be held without bail pending formal charges in the case, according to a remand order signed by Magistrate Judge Shawn R. Howell and obtained by PEOPLE.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
That case bounced to federal court before it was remanded back to Puerto Rico’s court system, where a final resolution is still pending.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026
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Noun
But on remand to a lower court, Barnes’s estate lost on summary judgment.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
Those charges, and the evidence against Robinson, were strong enough for a judge to sign off on Utah Attorney General Brian Davis' request be held without bail pending formal charges in the case, according to a remand order signed by Magistrate Judge Shawn R. Howell and obtained by PEOPLE.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
Reversed and remanded in part with instructions; modified in part.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
That case bounced to federal court before it was remanded back to Puerto Rico’s court system, where a final resolution is still pending.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026
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But detainees inside the Adelanto facility who called the Immigrant Defenders rapid response hotline alleged that medical staff didn’t respond until after Ramos was unresponsive and that Ramos died inside the immigration detention facility, said an Immigrant Defenders spokesperson.—
Ryanne Mena,
Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The data shows another 130 detentions during a three-day December surge when then-Border Patrol Cmdr.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Kendra was briefly jailed before being released on bond.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Ronald Demeo, 63, was jailed last week after a woman reported that she was assaulted while under sedation at his clinic, located at 2801 SW Third Ave.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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Investigators also cited electronic monitoring data showing Pooh Shiesty was at the studio despite being on home confinement for a prior federal firearms conviction.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Shah is now on home confinement, having been released in December 2025 after serving nearly three years in prison.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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That night, plainclothes ICE officers detained them at the California airport, seen in viral videos circulated on social media.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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The man was detained, and officers learned he had been shot in the groin by a group of three people, authorities said.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Her imprisonment became a cause celebre for many on the Right, and hopes were high for her appeal, but on Thursday, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed her conviction.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2026
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Most importantly, the legislation intensified punishments for those with prior convictions, with the worst offenders looking at a first-degree felony with up to 30 years imprisonment.—
Sean M. Cleary,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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Alexander is currently incarcerated on $750,000 bail.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
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An error in a legal brief could lead to an innocent person’s incarceration.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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The 1991 movie stars Nick Nolte as Sam Bowden, the one-time public defender who Cady haunts, blaming his long prison incarceration for rape on purposefully faulty defense tactics.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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With the names of the two Kansas Cities firmly established over time, complaints about their dullness or geographical inaccuracy were largely confined to letters to the editor.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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This keeps the light confined for longer, amplifying the effect.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Remand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remand. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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