Mr. Ferguson has rejected efforts by the court and his lawyers to force him to meet with psychiatrists.

The judge rejected an argument by Mr. Lazar's lawyers that prison time would be life threatening.

The Supreme Court rejected a last minute appeal by Campbell's lawyers arguing, among other things, that hanging was cruel and unusual punishment.

On Wednesday, a court in Moscow rejected a claim by Yukos's lawyers that a police raid on its offices last month was unjustified.

Mr. Motley rejected any suggestion of impropriety by the plaintiffs' lawyers.

He also rejected a contention by Mr. Georgescu's lawyers that the Federal statutes were "ambiguous."

The ruling also rejected a contention by Mr. Williams's lawyers that a retrial was "fundamentally unfair."

But the judge rejected a request by Ms. Jackson's lawyers that she spare Ms. Jackson from going to prison.

He rejected contentions by Dr. Morgan's lawyers that her jailing had reached the point of being punishment.

In addition, the judges rejected appeals by Mr. Hamdi's lawyers that they should consider whether the war was at an end.