A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ruled that U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York erred by failing to recuse himself from a sentencing when he had a “close, near-paternal relationship” with a cooperating witness in a related case.

In a per curiam ruling, the panel of Circuit Judges William Nardini, Myrna Pérez and Maria Araújo Kahn remanded the case for resentencing before a new judge, finding that Hellerstein should have disclosed his relationship.

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