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 Sandra Townes granted the government’s motion in a criminal case to empanel an anonymous and partially sequestered jury. Judge Arthur Spatt denied a motion to dismiss §1983 claims of anti-Semitic harassment at a Northport High School. Judge I. Leo Glasser declined, on jurisdictional grounds, to review an administrative denial of plaintiff’s application to adjust his immigration status. And Judge John Gleeson dealt with an array of constitutional claims against federal officials by non-citizen residents detained after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Anonymous Jury
In United States v. Vernace, 11 CV 05 (S-1) (EDNY, Jan. 11, 2013), Judge Townes granted the government’s application to empanel an anonymous, fully escorted and partially sequestered jury in a criminal case involving alleged racketeering activity.
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