The U.S. Court of Appeals has set a tentative date of Nov. 8 for Jeremy Mayfield’s legal challenge to NASCAR’s ruling that he tested positive for methamphetamines in May 2009. Attorneys for Mayfield and NASCAR were notified of the tentative Nov. 8 date Wednesday and have until Monday to ask for a different date. The appeal will be heard by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which is based in Richmond, Va., but will actually conduct the Nov. 8 hearing at the Campbell University School of Law in Raleigh. Typically, a decision comes a few months after the hearing. The three-judge panel will decide whether Mayfield has enough evidence for the case to continue.(Scene Daily)(8-11-2011)
UPDATE: A day after tentatively setting a Nov. 8 hearing date for Jeremy MayfieldÂs appeal in his case against NASCAR, the U.S. Court of Appeals took the case off that session and said it will set the hearing for another day. The court indicated that MayfieldÂs appeal was taken off the Nov. 8 session because of Âscheduling reasons. It wasnÂt immediately clear whether it was attorneys for NASCAR or Mayfield who asked for the change.(Scene Daily)(8-12-2011)
