ZEIGLER v. NEW YORK

No. 5:11-cv-037.

948 F.Supp.2d 271 (2013)

Jason ZEIGLER, Individually and in his capacity as Court Appointed Attorney for Indigent Citizens in the County of Onondaga together with all of those similarly situated and Jeff Witkowski, Individually as well as the representative of all of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The State of NEW YORK; The Office of Court Administration of the Unified Court System; Hon. James Tormey, Individually and in his official capacity as District Administrative Judge of the Fifth Judicial District; and Onondaga County, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

June 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of Jeffrey R. Parry, Jeffrey R. Parry, Esq. , of Counsel, Liverpool, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General for the State of New York, C. Harris Dague, Esq. , Ass't Attorney General, of counsel, Albany, NY, for Defendants State of New York, Office of Court Administration of the Unified Court System, and Hon. James Tormey.

Onondaga County Department of Law, Carol L. Rhinehart Esq. , of Counsel, Syracuse, NY, for Defendant Onondaga County.

New York Civil Liberties Union, Corey L. Stoughton, Esq. , of Counsel, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Hurrell-Harring Class.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER

DAVID N. HURD, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs, a putative class of appointed attorneys for indigent criminal defendants in Onondaga County, New York, represented by plaintiff Jason Zeigler ("Zeigler") (the "attorney class"), and a putative class of indigent criminal defendants in local courts within Onondaga County, New York, represented by Jeff Witkowski ("Witkowski") (the...

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