By: Samuel Butt, John Moore
This column reports on several recent significant decisions from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Eric N. Vitaliano denied defendant's motion to suppress evidence. Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis issued a series of orders seeking additional information to explain the government's decision to dismiss the indictment against all defendants in the case. And Judge Sanket J. Bulsara granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of a Nassau County religious protest buffer law.