THIS COLUMN reports on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In the context of a sua sponte recusal, Judge Jack B. Weinstein discussed the traditional adversarial method and the newer “staff method” of dealing with pro se collateral attacks on state court convictions. Judge Raymond J. Dearie ruled on a variety of issues relating to the practice of the Taxi and Limousine Commission in suspending taxi licenses under Operation Refusal. And Judge Allyne R. Ross held that appointing Board of Education members did not violate the “one man, one vote” principle of equal protection.

Pro Se Habeas Petitions

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