Sidney H. Stein

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::summary American judge (born 1945) ::

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Field	Value
name	Sidney H. Stein
office	Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
term_start	September 1, 2010
office1	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
term_start1	March 17, 1995
term_end1	September 1, 2010
appointer1	Bill Clinton
predecessor1	Pierre N. Leval
successor1	Alison Nathan
birth_date
birth_place	Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
education	Princeton University (AB)
New York University
Yale University (JD)
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Education and career

Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Stein was a New York Army National Guard from 1969 to 1975. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Princeton University in 1967 and attended New York University Graduate School of Education before receiving a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1972. While at Yale, Stein was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. He was a law clerk to Judge Stanley Fuld, Chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1972 to 1973. He was in private practice in New York City from 1974 to 1995.

Federal judicial service

On January 11, 1995, Stein was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Pierre N. Leval. Stein was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 17, 1995, and received his commission the same day.

In 2005, Judge Stein found that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s attempts to investigate national banks was subject to federal preemption by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. He assumed senior status on September 1, 2010.

Other notable cases

Sitting with the Ninth Circuit, in two environmental rulings on February 4, 2022, Stein wrote regarding the Forest Service's commercial "thinning" of areas by cutting down trees. Stein would have ruled against the Forest Service's move to cut down trees in both cases, and his view was prevalent in one.

On March 15, 2024, Stein threw out a motion filed by U.S. Senator Bob Menendez seeking dismissal of his corruption charges.

Sources

References

1. Judiciary, United States Congress Senate Committee on the. (1996). "Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on Confirmation of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary". U.S. Government Printing Office.
2. (December 1, 1975). "Helene Coles Wed to Sidney Stein". The New York Times.
3. {{FJC Bio
4. (2006). "Recent Case: Southern District of New York Rebuffs New York Attorney General's Bid to Regulate National Banks". [[Harvard Law Review]].
5. (February 4, 2022). "MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES FOR FIRE SAFETY V. ELLIOTT".
6. (February 4, 2022). "LOS PADRES FORESTWATCH V. USFS".
7. (March 15, 2024). "Federal judge tosses Sen. Bob Menendez's motion to dismiss second superseding indictment".

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