DALLAS (AP) _ The NFL is asking a federal court to toss a request from Ezekiel
Elliott’s legal team for a temporary restraining order that would prevent the
league from enforcing a suspension of the Dallas running back over a domestic
violence case.
The filing Monday night said the request on Elliott’s behalf was invalid
because it was asking the court to stop a ruling from Harold Henderson before
the arbitrator had even made a decision on an appeal of the six-game suspension
for last year’s NFL rushing leader.
Elliott was suspended when the NFL concluded after a yearlong investigation
that Elliott had several physical altercations with his girlfriend at the time
last summer in Ohio. Prosecutors declined to pursue the case, citing conflicting
evidence. Elliott has denied wrongdoing.
The NFL filed a response to the request for a restraining order and a motion to
dismiss in federal court in Sherman, Texas, about 65 miles north of Dallas. Both
filings made similar arguments, including that the NFL Players’ Association was
trying “to beat the National Football League to the courthouse in a race that
has not even begun.”
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