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| name = Charles S. Haight Jr. |
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| office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] |
| office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] |
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| term_start = September 23, 1995 |
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| office1 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] |
| office1 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] |
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| term_start1 = March 29, 1976 |
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| term_end1 = September 23, 1995 |
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| appointer1 = [[List of federal judges appointed by Gerald Ford|Gerald Ford]] |
| appointer1 = [[List of federal judges appointed by Gerald Ford|Gerald Ford]] |
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| predecessor1 = [[Murray Gurfein]] |
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| successor1 = [[Richard C. Casey]] |
| successor1 = [[Richard C. Casey]] |
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| birth_name = Charles Sherman Haight Jr. |
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'''Charles Sherman Haight Jr.''' (born September 23, 1930) is an American lawyer |
'''Charles Sherman Haight Jr.''' (born September 23, 1930) is an American lawyer who serves as a [[United States federal judge|senior United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]].<ref name="auto1">{{FJC Bio|938|nid=1381631}}</ref> He has sat by designation in the [[United States District Court for the District of Connecticut|District of Connecticut]] since he took senior status.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.ctd.uscourts.gov/csh.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-04-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527102943/http://www.ctd.uscourts.gov/csh.html |archivedate=2010-05-27 }}</ref> |
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==Education and career== |
==Education and career== |
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Born in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], Haight graduated from [[Yale University]] in 1952, where he was a member of [[Skull and Bones]], with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree and entered [[Yale Law School]] the following year, graduating in 1955 with a [[Bachelor of Laws]]. Haight gained admission to the [[New York State]] bar and in the same year joined the Admiralty and Shipping Department of the Department of Justice as a district court trial attorney. Haight got this job on recommendation from his father [[Charles Sherman Haight Sr.]], who was heavily involved in shipping affairs. He left the [[United States Department of Justice]] in 1957 to join his father at [[Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens]] as an associate. Haight became a partner of the firm on the death of his father in 1968 and continued the practice of law with them until 1976.<ref name="auto1"/> |
Born in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], Haight graduated from [[Yale University]] in 1952, where he was a member of [[Skull and Bones]], with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree and entered [[Yale Law School]] the following year, graduating in 1955 with a [[Bachelor of Laws]]. Haight gained admission to the [[New York State]] bar and in the same year joined the Admiralty and Shipping Department of the Department of Justice as a district court trial attorney. Haight got this job on recommendation from his father [[Charles Sherman Haight Sr.]], who was heavily involved in shipping affairs. He left the [[United States Department of Justice]] in 1957 to join his father at [[Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens]] as an associate. Haight became a partner of the firm on the death of his father in 1968 and continued the practice of law with them until 1976.<ref name="auto1"/> |
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==Federal judicial service== |
===Federal judicial service=== |
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Haight was nominated by President [[Gerald Ford]] on March 2, 1976, to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] vacated by Judge [[Murray Gurfein]]. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on March 26, 1976, and received his commission on March 29, 1976. He assumed [[senior status]] on September 23, 1995. Since assuming senior status, he has sat by designation with the [[United States District Court for the District of Connecticut]].<ref name="auto1"/> |
Haight was nominated by President [[Gerald Ford]] on March 2, 1976, to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] vacated by Judge [[Murray Gurfein]]. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on March 26, 1976, and received his commission on March 29, 1976. He assumed [[senior status]] on September 23, 1995. Since assuming senior status, he has sat by designation with the [[United States District Court for the District of Connecticut]].<ref name="auto1"/> |
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==Notable cases== |
==Notable cases== |
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Haight put [[Mutulu Shakur]] in prison for his involvement in a 1981 bank robbery that led to three deaths. In 2020, he denied him compassionate release despite Shakur's terminal cancer and record as a prisoner and mentor. Haight told Shakur — the stepfather of rapper [[Tupac Shakur]] — that he was not sick enough. He told Shakur to come back when he was closer to death.<ref>[https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-shakur-1997?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_1913488803aa4b79ba6f584e75f14daac7f9e2f5-1629859245-0-gqNtZGzNAjijcnBszQdi United States v. Shakur]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | One of Haight's earliest decisions |
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| ⚫ | One of Haight's earliest decisions involved an act aimed at protection of the young. In May 1976, Haight passed a restraining order blocking a law that would disallow people under the age of twenty-one who are not living with a guardian from claiming benefits without first obtaining a potentially lengthy [[New York Family Court|Family Court]] order.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} |
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Early the following year, Haight made an unusual provision, when he sentenced [[John G. Stoessinger]], a [[United Nations]] official, to teaching prison inmates for failing to report fraud in excess of $260,000. Haight continued to preside over high-profile cases, including fraud relating to investors at [[Morgan Stanley|Morgan & Stanley Co.]] and [[Lehman Brothers|Lehman Brothers, Kuhn Loeb, Inc.]] in 1982, insider trading at [[Dean Witter Reynolds]] in 1984, police surveillance in 1989, and fraud relating to [[Contel]] in 1990.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} |
Early the following year, Haight made an unusual provision, when he sentenced [[John G. Stoessinger]], a [[United Nations]] official, to teaching prison inmates for failing to report fraud in excess of $260,000. Haight continued to preside over high-profile cases, including fraud relating to investors at [[Morgan Stanley|Morgan & Stanley Co.]] and [[Lehman Brothers|Lehman Brothers, Kuhn Loeb, Inc.]] in 1982, insider trading at [[Dean Witter Reynolds]] in 1984, police surveillance in 1989, and fraud relating to [[Contel]] in 1990.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} |
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In senior status, |
In senior status, a case that spanned from 2002 to 2003 reduced restrictions in police surveillance, which he had imposed himself in 1985 under the [[Barbara Handschu|Handschu guidelines]], even when there is no evidence of criminal offence ([http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/021607dnnatpolice.8fe406.html]). Since March 2007, Haight has revisited his 2003 order, which was made in the antiterrorism climate after [[9/11]].<ref name="auto"/> |
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==Other service== |
==Other service== |
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Haight was a director of the Kennedy Child Study Center; advisory trustee of the American-Scandinavian Foundation (Chairman, 1970–1976); manager of the Havens Fund; member of the Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce's editorial board; and a [[White House Fellow]] (1991–92).{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} |
Haight was a director of the Kennedy Child Study Center; advisory trustee of the American-Scandinavian Foundation (Chairman, 1970–1976); manager of the Havens Fund; member of the Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce's editorial board; and a [[White House Fellow]] (1991–92).{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of United States federal judges by longevity of service]] |
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[[Category:20th-century American judges]] |
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[[Category:United States Department of Justice lawyers]] |
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[[Category:21st-century American judges]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:06, 24 May 2024
Charles S. Haight Jr. | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Assumed office September 23, 1995 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| In office March 29, 1976 – September 23, 1995 | |
| Appointed by | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Murray Gurfein |
| Succeeded by | Richard C. Casey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Sherman Haight Jr. September 23, 1930 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA, LLB) |
Charles Sherman Haight Jr. (born September 23, 1930) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.[1] He has sat by designation in the District of Connecticut since he took senior status.[2]
Education and career
[edit]Born in New York City, New York, Haight graduated from Yale University in 1952, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, with a Bachelor of Arts degree and entered Yale Law School the following year, graduating in 1955 with a Bachelor of Laws. Haight gained admission to the New York State bar and in the same year joined the Admiralty and Shipping Department of the Department of Justice as a district court trial attorney. Haight got this job on recommendation from his father Charles Sherman Haight Sr., who was heavily involved in shipping affairs. He left the United States Department of Justice in 1957 to join his father at Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens as an associate. Haight became a partner of the firm on the death of his father in 1968 and continued the practice of law with them until 1976.[1]
Federal judicial service
[edit]Haight was nominated by President Gerald Ford on March 2, 1976, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge Murray Gurfein. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 26, 1976, and received his commission on March 29, 1976. He assumed senior status on September 23, 1995. Since assuming senior status, he has sat by designation with the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.[1]
Notable cases
[edit]Haight put Mutulu Shakur in prison for his involvement in a 1981 bank robbery that led to three deaths. In 2020, he denied him compassionate release despite Shakur's terminal cancer and record as a prisoner and mentor. Haight told Shakur — the stepfather of rapper Tupac Shakur — that he was not sick enough. He told Shakur to come back when he was closer to death.[3]
One of Haight's earliest decisions involved an act aimed at protection of the young. In May 1976, Haight passed a restraining order blocking a law that would disallow people under the age of twenty-one who are not living with a guardian from claiming benefits without first obtaining a potentially lengthy Family Court order.[citation needed]
Early the following year, Haight made an unusual provision, when he sentenced John G. Stoessinger, a United Nations official, to teaching prison inmates for failing to report fraud in excess of $260,000. Haight continued to preside over high-profile cases, including fraud relating to investors at Morgan & Stanley Co. and Lehman Brothers, Kuhn Loeb, Inc. in 1982, insider trading at Dean Witter Reynolds in 1984, police surveillance in 1989, and fraud relating to Contel in 1990.[citation needed]
In senior status, a case that spanned from 2002 to 2003 reduced restrictions in police surveillance, which he had imposed himself in 1985 under the Handschu guidelines, even when there is no evidence of criminal offence ([1]). Since March 2007, Haight has revisited his 2003 order, which was made in the antiterrorism climate after 9/11.[2]
Other service
[edit]Haight was a director of the Kennedy Child Study Center; advisory trustee of the American-Scandinavian Foundation (Chairman, 1970–1976); manager of the Havens Fund; member of the Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce's editorial board; and a White House Fellow (1991–92).[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Charles S. Haight Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ United States v. Shakur
Sources
[edit]- Charles Sherman Haight Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1930 births
- Living people
- American jurists
- Lawyers from New York City
- Yale Law School alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States district court judges appointed by Gerald Ford
- 20th-century American judges
- United States Department of Justice lawyers
- 21st-century American judges
- Members of Skull and Bones