A magistrate judge has vacated his $500-a-day sanction against an assistant county attorney, acknowledging "ambiguity" in the sanction order's wording and the "professional manner in which this action has been subsequently handled."
Eastern District Magistrate Judge E. Thomas Boyle (See Profile), sitting in Central Islip, slapped Assistant Nassau County Attorney Andrew Scott with the sanction in March, saying the attorney "stonewall[ed]" discovery demands in a pending civil rights action by not turning over "a single document" (NYLJ, April 4).
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