Sunday, July 8, 2012

Vilma asks judge to vacate NFL suspension (Yahoo! Sports)

FILE - New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma arrives at the National Football League's headquarters, in this June 18, 2012 file photo taken in New York. Vilma is suing the NFL in federal court, claiming Commissioner Roger Goodell failed to make a timely appeal ruling regarding Vilma's season-long suspension in connection with the league's bounty investigation. The lawsuit filed Saturday night June 30, 2012 in U.S. District Court in New Orleans also asks for a temporary restraining order to allow Vilma to continue working if Goodell upholds the suspension. It is the second lawsuit Vilma has filed in the matter. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma has amended his lawsuit against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league, asking a federal judge in New Orleans to overturn his suspension and issue a preliminary injunction that would allow Vilma to work while the case is pending.


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