The NFL appealed Judge Amos L. Mazzant’s decision to allow hold off Ezekiel Elliott’s suspension. However, as expected, Mazzant stood by his initial decision.
Judge Amos L. Mazzant (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Sherman) has denied the National Football League’s emergency motion for a stay of the preliminary injunction against Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott. The ruling allows Elliott to keep playing while his 6-game suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy remains in limbo.
According to court documents, the basis for the NFLPA’s petition to vacate is that Harold Henderson (NFL Arbitrator) denied Ezekiel Elliott a fundamentally fair arbitration proceeding by denying certain evidentiary requests, including; access to investigator notes; ability to cross-examine accuser Tiffany Thompson; and the ability to question NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.