He closed a Guantánamo “H.I.V. prison camp” and castigated the city over its treatment of poor people with AIDS. A former detective, he had also been a narcotics prosecutor. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Federal Courts (US)”
National Democrats Make Last-Gasp Push to Keep N.Y. District Maps
By Gotham Rex on May 2, 2022
Democrats are seeking to reinstate congressional district maps that were declared unconstitutional last week by New York’s highest court. Source: New York Times
New Wrinkle in Ghislaine Maxwell Trial as Judge May Be Promoted
By Gotham Rex on November 16, 2021
Senator Chuck Schumer will recommend Judge Alison J. Nathan for a seat on a federal appeals court, but the fraught case could put her in an unusual predicament. Source: New York Times
Ghislaine Maxwell Trial: New Wrinkle as Judge May Be Promoted
By Gotham Rex on November 16, 2021
Senator Chuck Schumer will recommend Judge Alison J. Nathan for a seat on a federal appeals court, but the fraught case could put her in an unusual predicament. Source: New York Times
U.S. Senate Confirms First Muslim Federal District Judge
By Gotham Rex on June 11, 2021
The judge, Zahid N. Quraishi of New Jersey, said after his selection by President Biden, “Candidly, I would prefer to be the hundredth, if not the thousandth.” Source: New York Times
Judges Juggle Over 2,700 Cases Each as Families Wait for Day in Court
By Gotham Rex on March 17, 2021
Short-handed and deluged by complex cases, New Jersey’s federal court is in a crisis. The backlog of cases has only gotten worse in the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Court Extends Manhattan US Attorney Audrey Strauss' Term, as Inauguration Nears
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
A quirk of legal timing had left Audrey Strauss’s tenure as acting head of the Southern District of New York set to expire just before the end of the Trump administration. Source: New York Times
She Was Found Dead and Dismembered. Prosecutors Say They Now Know Why.
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2020
Brandy Odom’s body was found in Brooklyn in 2018. The killing was central to a $200,000 insurance scheme, prosecutors say. Source: New York Times
Gunman Shoots Husband and Son of a Federal Judge in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on July 20, 2020
Judge Salas was home but not wounded in the shooting at her residence in North Brunswick, according to an official. Source: New York Times
Gunman Shoots Husband and Son of Federal Judge in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on July 20, 2020
Judge Esther Salas was home but not injured in the shooting at her residence in North Brunswick, according to an official. Source: New York Times