Punch and Jurists

Hedges v. Obama, No. 12-3176 (Lead) (2nd Cir.) (724 F.3d 170) (July 17, 2013) (Judge Lewis A. Kaplan) by Last year, District Judge Katherine Forrest of the S.D.N.Y. shook up the normally placid and virtually unchallenged world of military detentions by granting a permanent injunction against the implementation and enforcement …

Hedges v. Obama, No. 12 Civ. 331(KBF) (S.D.N.Y.) (890 F.Supp.2d 424) (September 12, 2012) (Judge Katherine B. Forrest) by In Hedges v. Obama, 2012 WL 2044565 (S.D.N.Y. May 16, 2012) (“Hedges I”)(P&J, 05/28/12), District Judge Katherine Forrester granted a temporary injunction against implementation and enforcement of a controversial provision of …

Hedges v. Obama, No. 12 Civ. 331(KBF) (S.D.N.Y.) (2012 WL 2044565) (May 16, 2012) (Judge Katherine B. Forrest) by In this decision, Judge Forrest (who was appointed to bench in October, 2011) blocked enforcement of part of a law allowing the indefinite detention and trial by military commission of any …

Schneyder v. Smith, No. 10-2367 (3rd Cir.) (653 F.3d 313) (July 29, 2011) (Judge D. Brooks Smith) by This is an interesting decision in which a Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney, Gina Smith, was denied the defenses of both qualified and absolute immunity in a civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. …