The attorneys who represent plaintiffs in Floyd v. City of New York are calling for the three Second Circuit judges who removed Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin (See Profile) from the stop-and-frisk litigation to be replaced by another panel.
In filings asking for en banc review of the Oct. 31 decision by Second Circuit Judges Jose Cabranes (See Profile), Barrington Parker Jr. (See Profile) and John Walker Jr. (See Profile) to remove Scheindlin because of comments and interviews she gave and her alleged abuse of the related-case rule, plaintiffs’ lawyers say the three judges undermined the appearance of justice themselves by removing Scheindlin and by keeping the case before them in the interests of judicial economy.
