This column reports on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Brian M. Cogan disqualified a lawyer in a criminal case. Judge Jack B. Weinstein denied, in part, defendant Board of Education’s motion for summary judgment in a suit involving allegations of bullying at a public school. And Judge Cogan found that the presence of non-diverse defendants deprived the court of subject matter jurisdiction.
Disqualification of Counsel
In United States v. Curanovic, 08 CR 240 (EDNY, March 31, 2011), Judge Cogan disqualified an attorney from representing defendant Dino Saracino because of “unwaivable” conflicts of interest.
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