• United States v. Mensah

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William J. Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: David C. James, on the brief, Anthony Bagnuola, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Central Islip, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Richard Washington, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 23-6662-cr

    Juror's Connection to Witness Is Too Attenuated to Give Rise to Presumption of Bias

  • T.W. v. N.Y.S. Bd. of Law Examiners

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William J. Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Michael Steven Stein, on the brief, Mary C. Vargas, Stein & Vargas, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jo Anne Simon, Jo Anne Simon, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Ester Murdukhayeva, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Dennis Fan, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General for the State of New York. For Amici Curiae National Disability Rights Network et al., in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Bridget A. Clarke, Andrew J. Dhuey, Berkeley, CA.

    Case Number: 22-1661

    State Board of Law Examiners Is Arm of the State Entitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity

  • Vera Punin v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William J. Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Aadhithi Padmanabhan, Supervising Attorney, Alexis Turner-Lafving, Rule 46.1(e) Law Student, Hannah Wardell, Rule 46.1(e) Law Student, on the brief, Rafael Moreno, Rule 46.1(e) Law Student, Federal Appellate Immigration Clinic, University of Maryland Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD; John H. Peng, Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, Albany, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Kohsei Ugumori, Senior Litigation Counsel, Sarah K. Pergolizzi, Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief, Christopher G. Gieger, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Legal Aid Society, Make the Road New York, The New York Legal Assistance Group, UnLocal, Inc., in support of Petitioner: Zoe Levine, Jessica Swensen, The Bronx Defenders, Bronx, NY.

    Case Number: 22-6275

    Presumptive Reliability of Form I-213 to Prove Alienage Is Not Rebutted