The NFLPA will be filing a petition for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in New Orleans to rehear Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott's case against the NFL regarding his six-game domestic violence suspension, according to Gaming & Sports Attorney Daniel Wallach.
BREAKING: NFLPA will be filing a petition for rehearing with the Fifth Circuit in the Ezekiel Elliott case pic.twitter.com/DPwhfKKdbx
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) October 13, 2017
NFLPA will be seeking en banc (full court) review by 5th Circuit and will also be asking CA5 to recall its mandate: https://t.co/5Bs5ONY0ZO
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) October 13, 2017
Elliott had been playing under a temporary injunction issued by a federal judge in Texas that blocked his six-game suspension. However, on Thursday, the court granted the NFL's emergency request to dismiss that injuction and ordered the district court in Texas to dismiss Elliott's case.
The league announced that Elliott's suspension was reinstated immediately following the court's ruling.
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Dallas is currently on their bye week and won't play again until Oct. 22 against the San Francisco 49ers, which gave the NFLPA and Elliott's legal team some time to figure out what to do next.
Should the suspension hold, Elliott wouldn't return until Nov. 30 in a game against the Washington Redskins.
Elliott has played in the first five games of the season under the injunction, rushing for 393 yards and two touchdowns on 105 carries.
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