1. Frederic Block was born on June 6,1934 and is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
12 Facts About Frederic Block
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Frederic Block was in private practice of law in Patchogue from 1961 to 1962, then in Port Jefferson, Centereach, and Smithtown, moving back and forth between these locations from 1962 to 1994.
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On July 22,1994, Frederic Block was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Eugene Nickerson.
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Frederic Block was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28,1994, and received his commission the next day.
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Frederic Block assumed senior status on September 1,2005, and was succeeded by Judge Brian Cogan.
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In 2005, Frederic Block complained that the disparity in security between the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, compared to the federal courthouse in Manhattan, was like being a denizen of Fallujah rather than the Green Zone.
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In 2008, Judge Frederic Block ruled that the United States government could not use ethnicity as a factor in deciding to detain two Egyptian-born men on a plane.
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On September 30,2015, a portion of a "seemingly never-ending dispute" over the printing of the Rebbe's Sichos came to an end when Judge Frederic Block dismissed a major part of a lawsuit involving members of the Orthodox Jewish Chabad group.
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Judge Frederic Block dismissed claims of copyright infringement and unfair competition brought by Vaad L'Hafotzas Sichos and Zalman Chanin against Merkos and Agudas Chasidei Chabad.
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On May 24,2016, Judge Frederic Block ordered a sentence of one year of probation for a defendant who was convicted by a jury of importation and possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute.
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On July 17,2012, Judge Frederic Block released his first book named Disrobed: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge.
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On May 29,2019, Judge Frederic Block released his second book: Crimes and Punishments: Entering the Mind of a Sentencing Judge.