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The Ezekiel Elliott suspension saga took another turn Monday when a federal court ruling denied the running back’s motion for preliminary injunction, according to Kate Hairopoulos of the Dallas Morning News. What that means is that Elliott’s six-game suspension is expected to take effect as soon as the Cowboys’ Week 9 date with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Judge dissolves temporary restraining order and denies Elliott's motion. He is suspended.
— Kate Hairopoulos (@khairopoulos) October 31, 2017
The decision was handed down by Judge Katherine Failla of the New York Southern District Court and it put to waste any optimism Elliott had prior to attending the hearing Monday, per Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.
#Cowboys Zeke Elliott will attend his appeals hearing in NY tomorrow: “Just trust my legal team… make sure I am on the field next week.”
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 30, 2017
Elliott could’ve started serving his suspension two weeks ago but the same federal court gave him a temporary restraining order while Failla was on a vacation. Failla reviewed the motion for a preliminary injunction filed by Elliott’s camp upon her return and proceeded to dissolve it.
It is at this point that we point out that this is not the end of it all. As usual, Elliott has a chance to appeal the ruling—again. Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, Elliott has 24 hours to make an appeal to the Second Circuit, which, if granted, would buy Ezekiel some more time to continue playing.
Before 6-game suspension, Zeke Elliott now has 24 hours to file in 2nd Cir, will argue restraining order stays in effect till appeal decided
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 31, 2017
Dallas will face the Kansas City Chiefs this coming Sunday, and whatever comes out of this circuitous legal process Elliott has found himself in, the Cowboys' backups, led by Darren McFadden and Alfred Morris, are ready to step up and cover the void in case Elliott would be ultimately be suspended.
