Federal judiciary
Lewis A. Kaplan
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
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.
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Aug. 31opinion issued Authored the opinion in Skatteforvaltningen v. Markowitz
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May 31, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in Koral v. Alsou Saunders, Est. of Gregg Saunders
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Oct. 26, 2021panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Borden
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Sept. 17, 2021panel identified Sat on the panel in IWA Forest Industry Pension Plan v. Textron Inc.
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Aug. 20, 2021panel identified Sat on the panel in Smalls v. Collins Daniel v. Taylor
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Aug. 3, 2021opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Christopher Howard
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July 20, 2021panel identified Sat on the panel in Isiah M. Doolen v. Christine Wormuth
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Dec. 20, 2019
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Oct. 8, 2019
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Sept. 17, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in Hernandez v. United States
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Aug. 15, 2019
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |