This column reports on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge I. Leo Glasser granted a writ of error coram nobis in the interests of justice, to prevent continuing legal consequences from petitioner’s conviction. Judge Sterling Johnson Jr., holding that the federal courts cannot grant a New York State Certificate of Relief from Civil Disabilities, suggested steps for petitioner to gain the requested relief in state Supreme Court. Judge Jack B. Weinstein held that a homeowner who bought a house adjacent to his for his daughter was protected by the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. And Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein denied defendant’s motion to dismiss a Title VII claim based on pregnancy discrimination.
Coram Nobis Granted
In United States v. Santiago, 05 CR 590 (EDNY, June 27, 2014), Judge Glasser granted a writ of error coram nobis vacating the conviction of a defendant who, years earlier, had pleaded guilty before him to conspiracy to obstruct justice.
