Michael Flynn’s attorney Sidney Powell is hitting back hard against Judge Emmet Sullivan’s preposterous delay in dismissing Flynn’s case. Powell just filed an emergency petition for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In non-legalspeak, this means Powell is requesting the appeals court to intervene and actually follow the law and the Constitution.

She’s asking the higher court for three things: first, order Sullivan to grant the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss; second, vacate Sullivan’s order appointing amicus curiae (“friend of the court”); and third, reassign the case to another district court judge for any further proceedings.