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 Kiyo A. Matsumoto denied a motion for compassionate release by Martin Shkreli, a 37-year-old convicted of securities fraud who is now serving his sentence at FCI Allenwood Low. Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis denied a motion for a directed verdict by defendant Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority after its loss at trial in a Section 1983 case involving a police officer’s mistreatment of a bicyclist. And Judge I. Leo Glasser denied a suppression motion where the evidence in question fit the pedigree exception to Miranda.

  • Compassionate Release—First Step Act

In United States v. Shkreli, 15 CR 637 (EDNY,  May 16, 2020), Matsumoto declined to grant “compassionate release” to Martin Shkreli, who has been incarcerated at a minimum-security prison with no cases of COVID-19 and has no enhanced susceptibility to COVID-19.