Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic
Seat
NYSD2703
Nominated
May 5, 1994
Committee hearing
June 21, 1994
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Aug. 4, 1994
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Aug. 9, 1994
Commissioned
Aug. 10, 1994
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Feb. 1, 2011

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
Koral v. Alsou Saunders, Est. of Gregg Saunders 20-3663-cv Decided May 31, 2022
United States v. Borden 19-4316-cr Decided Oct. 26, 2021
IWA Forest Industry Pension Plan v. Textron Inc. 20-2746-cv Decided Sept. 17, 2021
Smalls v. Collins Daniel v. Taylor 20-1099-cv 20-1331-cv Decided Aug. 20, 2021
United States v. Christopher Howard 19-3833-cr(Con) Decided Aug. 3, 2021 Authored
Isiah M. Doolen v. Christine Wormuth 18-2996 Decided July 20, 2021
Congregation Rabbinical College of Tartikov, Inc. v. Village of Pomona 18-0869-cv (L) Decided Dec. 20, 2019 Authored
Hernandez v. United States 18-1103-cv Decided Sept. 17, 2019

Judicial writings

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Skatteforvaltningen v. Markowitz Second Circuit Aug. 31, 2026
Opinion United States v. Christopher Howard Second Circuit Aug. 3, 2021
Opinion Congregation Rabbinical College of Tartikov, Inc. v. Village of Pomona Second Circuit Dec. 20, 2019
Opinion Teresa Taylor v. Mentor Worldwide, LLC Eleventh Circuit Oct. 8, 2019
Opinion Jacqueline Lewis v. City of Union City, Georgia Eleventh Circuit Aug. 15, 2019