This column reports on several recent and significant representative decisions by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Raymond J. Dearie ruled on pre-trial motions in a criminal case, including motions for a severance based on allegedly irreconcilable defense strategies. Judge Dearie also found that plaintiff failed to state a claim against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn in connection with alleged sexual abuse in 1967. And Judge Ann M. Donnelly denied a motion by a doctor and his office of physicians for a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the No Surprises Act.