Sentences with phrase «of federal district court judge»

An informal Senate agreement on the rules of filibusters has the potential to accelerate confirmations of federal district court judges.

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A federal district court judge has found that claims against Intel Corporation's Investment Policy Committee for its retirement plans is time - barred under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's (ERISA)'s three - year statute of limitations.

On 6 August 2013, Federal Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas of the Fifth Circuit ruled that bitcoins are «a currency or a form of money» (specifically securities as defined by Federal Securities Laws), and as such were subject to the court's jurisdiction, [274][274] and Germany's Finance Ministry subsumed bitcoins under the term «unit of account» — a financial instrument — though not as e-money or a functional currency, a classification nonetheless having legal and tax implications.

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

A federal district court, Judge Barbara Rothstein presiding, noted a long line of Supreme Court cases protecting «personal decisions relating to marriage, procreation, contraception, family relationships, child rearing, and education.&rcourt, Judge Barbara Rothstein presiding, noted a long line of Supreme Court cases protecting «personal decisions relating to marriage, procreation, contraception, family relationships, child rearing, and education.&rCourt cases protecting «personal decisions relating to marriage, procreation, contraception, family relationships, child rearing, and education.»

That wasn't even Olson's case, but with assists from a federal district court judge who came out as being in a same - sex relationship only after ruling and retiring, and elected officials who chose to forgo their traditional duty to vigorously defend state law, Olson and Boies did succeed in disenfranchising millions of Californians on a procedural technicality.

It was in 1969 that Judge James McMillan of the Federal District Court ruled that the district had been intentionally segregated» virtually all black students went to all - black schools» and ordered a district - wide busing system to achieve inteDistrict Court ruled that the district had been intentionally segregated» virtually all black students went to all - black schools» and ordered a district - wide busing system to achieve intedistrict had been intentionally segregated» virtually all black students went to all - black schools» and ordered a district - wide busing system to achieve intedistrict - wide busing system to achieve integration.

Like others who support the original understanding of the Constitution, I disagree with many of the Supreme Court's decisions under the establishment clause, but in our system of government a federal - district judge like Judge Jones is bound by those decisjudge like Judge Jones is bound by those decisJudge Jones is bound by those decisions.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and other groups today filed a brief with a federal appellate court explaining that a district court judge erred in refusing to block implementation of Vermont's law mandating warning labels on products with ingredients from genetically engineered (GE) plants.

The week before, after three days of hearings in a U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Federal Judge James Noland reversed a USAC ban that would have kept six CART teams — numbering among them drivers such as defending Indy champ Al Unser, his brother Bobby, and former winners Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock — from competing in this year's race.

After graduating, Nicole clerked for two years for federal District Court Judge John F. Keenan in the Southern District of New York, before moving on to the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP.

For example, in case number 87 C 10746, Gutzmacher v. Public Building Commission, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District ofIllinois, Eastern Division, Senior Federal District Judge James B. Parson ruled on Dec. 4, 1989 that the Public Building Commission was enjoined from discriminating against all forms of religious expression and ordered the Public Building Commission to permit Gutzmacher to erect a nativity scene display during the Christmas season,» added Scholten.

We may be nearing the long - awaited appointment of a new federal judge for the United States District Court's Western District of New York.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

Art. 3116, however, limits the sum that may be charged candidates for certain posts, such as the offices of district judge, judge of the Court of Civil Appeals, and senator and representative in the state and federal legislatures, and for some counties fees are fixed by Arts. 3116a - 3116d, 1939 Supp., and 3116e, 3116f, 1942 Supp.

Judge Joan M. Azrack, in addressing a room full of prospective jurors on Monday, let it be known that they'd been selected as representatives of one of the largest federal district court jurisdictions in the nation, covering Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Judge Pamela K. Chen of the Federal District Court in Brooklyn ordered a postponement of the Republican congress member's criminal trial until Feb..

On Tuesday, Federal District Court Judge Kenneth M. Karas declared a mistrial in the corruption case involving New York State Senator Malcolm Smith and former Vice Chairman of the Queens County Republican Committee Vincent Tabone.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — John Gallagher, the former Facilities Director for the City School District of New Rochelle, was back in White Plains Federal Court Thursday for a status conference to update Judge Kenneth M. Karas on what has taken place since Gallagher was last in court of May Court Thursday for a status conference to update Judge Kenneth M. Karas on what has taken place since Gallagher was last in court of May court of May 24th.

Judge Pamela K. Chen of the Federal District Court in Brooklyn ordered a postponement of the Republican congress member's criminal trial until Feb. 2 to give his defense team time to examine evidence gathered by the prosecution, including tape recorded conversations with potential witnesses.

President Barack Obama has nominated local attorney Lawrence Vilardo to become a federal court judge for the Western District of New York.

U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn ruled Monday in favor of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies.

But between Aug. 17, when a federal district court judge in Albany revived Pidot's candidacy by ordering the new election, and the appellate court's overruling of the district court two weeks ago, Martins and Pidot raised and spent money.

After the government rested, one of Mr. Boyland's lawyers asked the judge, Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court, to acquit their client on grounds that the government had... Continue reading →

Judge Jones is admitted to practice in New York State, Federal District Court (E.D.N.Y, S.D.N.Y.), United States Tax Court, Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Federal prosecutors have asked a district court judge for an anonymous and partially sequestered jury in the trial of man who allegedly has extensive contacts among ranking al Qaeda members and participated in a 2003 ambush that killed two American soldiers and wounded several others.

She's not acting on behalf of the Supreme Court; she is acting under her own (pretty vast) authority as a federal judge under Article III of the Constitution, and issuing the order from a district cCourt; she is acting under her own (pretty vast) authority as a federal judge under Article III of the Constitution, and issuing the order from a district courtcourt.

Former SUNY Polytechnic Institute leader Alain Kaloyeros has been cleared by a federal judge to travel all over the continental states, subject to the approval of the U.S. district court's pretrial services office.

At the Tuesday afternoon sentencing of Mr. Silver, Federal District Court Judge Valerie Caproni referred to his age of 72 as why she wouldn't go by the recommended sentence of roughly 22 to 27 years.

On Monday, Judge Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court issued an order rescheduling Mr. Skelos's sentencing for 10 a.m. on April 13.

The judges in the redistricting case, Reena Raggi and Gerard E. Lynch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Dora L. Irizarry of Federal District Court in Brooklyn, noted that the magistrate judge they assigned to draw the new map managed to do in just two weeks what lawmakers «have been unable, or unwilling, to provide New York State voters in more than a year.»

Judge Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan noted that even before Mr. Silver's arrest, when some of his fellow legislators had been arrested on corruption charges, he remained undeterred.

The reason the issue is on the table is because of a 2012 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe requiring the state to set federal primaries for the fourth Tuesday in June.

Federal prosecutors in a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni filed Thursday signaled they will present evidence at the corruption trial of a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo that a Connecticut lobbyist sought an internship for his daughter at the the energy company linked to the case.

The judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court, said a number of jurors» answers suggested that they had had a problem with what they had read about the former speaker.

Before he was sentenced, Dean Skelos asked the judge in the case, Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court in Manhattan, to show mercy to his son.

In a letter sent on Saturday to Judge Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, the government asked the judge to explain in court that Mr. Howe's bail had been revoked, «in an effort to avoid speculation by the jury.&rJudge Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, the government asked the judge to explain in court that Mr. Howe's bail had been revoked, «in an effort to avoid speculation by the jury.&rCourt in Manhattan, the government asked the judge to explain in court that Mr. Howe's bail had been revoked, «in an effort to avoid speculation by the jury.&rjudge to explain in court that Mr. Howe's bail had been revoked, «in an effort to avoid speculation by the jury.&rcourt that Mr. Howe's bail had been revoked, «in an effort to avoid speculation by the jury.»

A panel of three Brooklyn - based federal judges — initially convened to oversee the drafting of new congressional districts — agreed, saying it was unable to clear the high bar that courts have for undoing legislative actions.

The judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court, did not unseal the materials at the time, but the issue arose again after the trial ended, when the office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, asked to be allowed to use the materials at Mr. Silver's sentencing, which is scheduled for May 3.

The presiding judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court, told jurors at the outset of the trial that the government must prove that Mr. Silver knowingly participated in a scheme to defraud and «received things of value in the form of bribes or kickbacks, and that he knew when he accepted those things he was expected, in exchange, to take official action as the opportunity arose.»

The 11 - page ruling, by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of Federal District Court in Manhattan, found that the city had overstepped its bounds in requiring, as part of a licensing process, that carwash owners buy a special bond within a two - tiered system: $ 30,000 for those whose workers were unionized or employers who agreed to monitoring, and $ 150,000 for all others.

On Wednesday, outside the presence of the jury, the judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, made a similar observation.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — John Gallagher, the former Facilities Director for the City School District of New Rochelle, was back in White Plains Federal Court Thursday for a status conference to update Judge Kenneth M.

If there wasn't enough going on regarding redistricting this week the whole sordid affair got a kick in the pants thanks to U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe who has ruled that unless that state takes legislative action all of New York's future federal non-presidential primaries will be held on the fourth Tuesday of June.

A postponement of the case is warranted until insider trading prosecutions of the company, as well as Steinberg and Martoma, are concluded, Assistant U.S. Attorney Micah Smith told U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.

The trial judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, has already denied one defense motion, filed last month, asking her to acquit Mr. Silver even before the jury received the case.

U.S. district court Judge Thomas McAvoy sentenced 43 - year - old Jeffrey Turner of Fenton, to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, to run concurrent with the 8 years he was sentenced in Broome County court for rape & criminal... Continue reading →

Joiner has likely made this task more difficult by instructing trial judges that neither Daubert nor the Federal Rules of Evidence «requires a district court to admit opinion evidence which is connected to existing data only by the ipse dixit of the expert.

Then, on 22 November, federal judge Amos L. Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas issued an injunction that put implementation of the new rule on hold until the court could decide lawsuits brought against it by a number of states and employers.

A panel of judges from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule this week on whether a temporary halt placed on the order by a federal district judge should be kept in place.