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Court ‘Clarifies’ Stop-and-Frisk Decision
The New York Civil Liberties Union tonight applauded an appeals court's ruling in the stop and frisk cases that withdrew a portion of a previous decision that a highly regarded district court judge had engaged in misconduct that warranted her removal from the case. “We now clarify that we did not intend to imply in our previous order that Judge [Shira] Scheindlin engaged in misconduct,” the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel wrote in an opinion clarifying its Oct. 31 ruling.
The New York Civil Liberties Union tonight applauded an appeals court’s ruling in the stop and frisk cases that withdrew a portion of a previous decision that a highly regarded district court judge had engaged in misconduct that warranted her removal from the case.
“We now clarify that we did not intend to imply in our previous order that Judge [Shira] Scheindlin engaged in misconduct,” the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel wrote in an opinion clarifying its Oct. 31 ruling.
In August, Judge Scheindlin called for sweeping reforms to New York City’s discriminatory stop-and-frisk program.
The following can be attributed to NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman:
“While we are disappointed that the court did not restore the case to Judge Scheindlin’s docket and that it did not lift the suspension of the case, we are pleased that the court undid some of the harm of the prior ruling and reiterated that Judge Scheindlin’s decision in the stop-and-frisk cases remains intact pending appeal.”