This court provides appellate review of cases tried in the United States District Courts within the geographic area of its jurisdiction, which includes Connecticut, New York, and Vermont. Below, please find information about our print and microformat resources for the Second Circuit. The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog.
Links to additional digital content are provided when available. For further information about the Second Circuit, visit one of the online resources listed below:. Search this Guide Search. Federal Appellate Courts: Records and Briefs.
This office oversees program functions set up by the judiciary. Explore our website to learn more about our office, staff, and duties. Increases to small claims amounts and the civil cover sheet changes were adopted in rules approved by the Supreme Court.
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You will be able to access local self-help centers, free and low-cost legal aid, and family law forms for use in a number of family-related situations. Section Procedures vary by county, so please contact your local Clerk of Court to coordinate a request to defer your jury service. Thank you, Jonathan Sjostrom, Chief Judge. Two judges who concurred in the en banc court's result and three dissenting judges expressed concerns about letting police use pretextual reasons for traffic stops.
They included Pooler, who said it was "our responsibility to safeguard against overbearing or harassing police conduct that does not meet the requisite objective evidentiary justification. Cabranes and Pooler were also on opposite ends of a split decision in July to not consider a ruling allowing the Justice Department under the Trump administration to withhold grant money from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions.
Cabranes wrote the main opinion denying the petition for rehearing by New York, New Jersey and other states, while Pooler dissented. Pooler, 83, by contrast has tended to vote with Democratic appointees.
In March, she wrote the majority opinion for a panel that rejected claims by anti-abortion protesters that laws protecting abortion providers and patients from attacks and threats of force violated their free speech rights. Biden has already nominated three judges to fill other open 2nd Circuit seats.
They included the court's newest member, Eunice Lee, a former public defender who the Senate confirmed in August to become the second Black woman to sit on the court. No floor vote on her nomination has been scheduled yet. But at the request of Republicans, a vote was delayed, prompting Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont to complain that his colleagues were holding-up filling the lone Vermont seat on the 2nd Circuit.
Related stories:. Eunice Lee, longtime NY public defender, confirmed to 2nd Circuit.
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