Joseph……….
Judge A in State Court dismissed the attorney with a scheduled court date in Federal Court, because Judge A knows the Federal Judge B can send a US Marshal to take attorney into custody and deliver him to Federal Court bfor the scheduled trial.
Rank has its privilege and in the pecking order a Federal Judge is higher than a State Trial Court Judge.
BTW>>>>I have seen businessmen excused because of scheduling conflicts that involve numbers of people and large expenses. Last year, a trial judge moved the start date of a trial back 2 days so a juror could finish a business seminar (for which many tickets had been sold). In my experience, judges in smaller states tend to be more accommodating than in NY (I don’t practice there, but am admitted to the NYS Bar).