Does a judge have an "exceptional exception" where an emergency is imminent?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Cruz v. Escobar, 1:16-cv-01770-EPG (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):

exception is available "for genuine emergencies," where "time is pressing" and "a threat . . . is real and proximate." Lewis v. Sullivan, 279 F.3d 526, 531 (7th Cir. 2002).

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