| In SDNY Next
Chief Judge Slated To Be Laura Taylor
Swain Current CJ McMahon Confirms
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURT, Feb
2, 3:20 pm – Now at the
it hoped to be the tail end of
the COVID pandemic and
shut-downs including of the
courts, there is slated to be
a new Chief Judge of the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York:
Judge Laura Taylor
Swain.
Inner City
Press has surmised this from a
proceeding before Judge Swain
during the pandemic.
But it was
confirmed on the afternoon of
February 2 during a criminal
proceeding before
sitting Chief Judge Colleen
McMahan, who has steered
what's called the Mother Court
through the many months of
social distancing and mostly
virtual proceedings.
During the February 2
proceeding, Chief Judge
McMahon joked that she and
Judge Swain are engaged in a
smooth transfer of power (the
comparison to recent events in
Washington was brought up by
defense counsel).
Judge
McMahon also commented on the
sometimes break-downs of
various platforms used, from
CourtCall to Skype, opining
that Zoom works better. While
that may be true, it was not
Inner City Press' experience
during a series of DC
insurrection detention
hearings held on February 1 in
the U.S. District Court for
the District of
Nevada.
Inner City
Press has covered numerous
cases before both Chief Judge
McMahon and future Chief Judge
Swain, who has been presiding
over, the Puerto
Rico bankrupcy case(s).
In June, Inner City Press briefly
interviewed Chief Judge
McMahon about the SDNY Court's
responses to the issues of
COVID-19, here.
We will have more on this.
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