Nicholas George Garaufis was born on September 28,1948 and is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
13 Facts About Nicholas Garaufis
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Nicholas Garaufis's father was a civil engineer and his mother was the district office manager for Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern.
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Nicholas Garaufis graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1974.
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Nicholas Garaufis taught in the New York City public schools prior to receiving his Juris Doctor.
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Nicholas Garaufis served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Litigation Bureau of the New York State Attorney General's office under Attorney General Louis J Lefkowitz and has practiced law privately in Queens County, New York.
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Nicholas Garaufis served for more than five years as the Chief Counsel of the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, DC, overseeing a staff of 200 attorneys.
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Nicholas Garaufis received his commission on May 25,2000 and entered service on August 28,2000.
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On October 5,2011, Nicholas Garaufis ruled that a court-appointed monitor would be installed to oversee the New York City Fire Department's efforts to hire and retain more minorities.
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On September 28,2012, Nicholas Garaufis approved a new entrance exam for firefighters after the city submitted data showing that the test produced results more representative of the city's racial and ethnic makeup.
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On May 14,2013, an appeals court disagreed with Nicholas Garaufis's finding that the discrimination was intentional.
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On May 11,2017, Nicholas Garaufis sentenced Bryant Neal Vinas to time served for providing material support for terrorism, giving the highly cooperative informant three months more in prison before beginning a life on probation.
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On February 13,2018, Nicholas Garaufis issued a nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining rescission of the DACA program.
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Nicholas Garaufis found that Plaintiffs were entitled to a preliminary injunction.