JORDAN v. LAMANNA

Docket No. 20-3317-cv August Term, 2021.

33 F.4th 144 (2022)

Gigi JORDAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Amy LAMANNA, in her official capacity as Superintendent of the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Kimberly , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC ( Norman H. Siegel , Siegel Teitelbaum & Evans, LLP, New York, NY; Earl S. Ward , Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee;

Vincent Rivellese ( Christopher P. Marinelli , on the brief), for Cyrus R. Vance , District Attorney of New York County, New York, NY, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before: Leval, Sack, and Park, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner-appellee Gigi Jordan was tried and convicted in New York State Supreme Court for administering a fatal dose of prescription medication to her eight-year-old son. After several weeks of what became a nine-week trial, the presiding justice closed the courtroom to all spectators, at the State's request, for approximately...

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