Thursday, January 7, 2021

Lawyer Thrown From Bike Near SDNY Courthouse on Pearl Street Sues & Wants Video

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon

BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 5 – William Beckler was biking on Pearl Street and Park Row in lower Manhattan when a movable barrier was raised and he flew off his bike, on September 11, 2019. He was injured, and has sued. He is a lawyer.

  On January 5 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.  

 The US Attorney's Office explained that the Court Security Officers do not work for the US Marshall's Service, but rather for a security vendor. Time was provided until February 5 to bring in a third-party defendant.  

  Beckler has requested the video, and it seems to exist. Discovery runs through June 30.

 The case is Beckler v. United States Marshals Service, 20-cv-6253 (Parker)

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