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Hon. William H. Pauley III
District judge
S.D.N.Y.
2nd Circuit
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Hon. William H. Pauley III
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Temp* Sch* Indu* Comp* Punct* Ev-Cv* Ev-Cr* Flex Bail Crim Settle Trial Sent Coop Average
Other
31364
1/2/19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
28730
1/2/18
2
8
9
9
10
0
9
7
0
7
0
0
0
0
7.8
Civil Litigation - Private
26295
1/1/18
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Civil Litigation - Private
26345
1/1/18
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Civil Litigation - Govt.
25360
1/1/18
6
9
9
9
8
8
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
8.2
Civil Litigation - Private
22010
1/2/14
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Litigant
21363
1/2/13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
21366
1/2/13
4
2
3
1
7
6
5
5
6
7
6
4
4
5
4
Other
21367
1/2/13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
20152
1/1/13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
13237
1/3/11
10
8
8
0
8
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8.4
Criminal Defense Lawyer
11962
1/2/11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
11630
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
11631
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
11637
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
11645
1/2/10
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
Other
11646
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
11415
1/2/10
7
2
2
10
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4.5
Prosecutor
9907
1/1/10
3
2
5
3
5
0
3
5
7
2
0
2
3
7
3.5
Criminal Defense Lawyer
9246
1/2/09
5
8
8
9
9
8
5
5
5
5
6
7
6
5
7.4
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How familiar are you with the work of this judge? (1=Not at all familiar,10=Extremely familiar)
Participates in Oral Argument (1=Rarely,10=Always)
Quality of Questions During Oral Argument (1=Poor,10=Extremely insightful)
Attitude during oral argument (1=Consistently inappropriate,10=Consistently respectful)
Scholarship as reflected in Opinions (1=Poor,10=Outstanding)
General Inclination in Criminal Appeals (1=Strongly ProGovernment,10=Strongly ProDefense)
General Inclination in Civil Rights Appeals (1=Strongly Pro-Defendant,10=Strongly ProPlaintiff)
General Inclination in Labor Law Appeals (1=Strongly ProEmployee,10=Strongly ProEmployer)
General Inclination in Immigration Appeals (1=Strongly ProImmigrant,10=Strongly ProGov.)
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Fam Par Qu-Arg At-Arg Sch Cri Civ Lab Imm
Other
31364
1/2/19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
28730
1/2/18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
26295
1/1/18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
26345
1/1/18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Govt.
25360
1/1/18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
22010
1/2/14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Litigant
21363
1/2/13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
21366
1/2/13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
21367
1/2/13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
20152
1/1/13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
13237
1/3/11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
11962
1/2/11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
11630
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
11631
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
11637
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
11645
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
11646
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
11415
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Prosecutor
9907
1/1/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
9246
1/2/09
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Non-lawyer Rating
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evaluator
ID
date
Rating
Other
22270
1/3/14
1
Other
21351
1/2/13
1
Other
21359
1/2/13
1
category average
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Temp*
Sch*
Indu*
Comp*
Punct*
Ev-Cv*
Ev-Cr*
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Bail
Crim
Settle
Trial
Sent
Coop
Temperament (1=Awful 10=Excellent)
Scholarship (1=Awful 10=Excellent)
Industriousness (1=Not at all industrious 10=Highly industrious)
Ability to Handle Complex Litigation (1=Awful 10=Excellent)
Punctuality (1=Chronically Late 10=Always on Time)
Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation (1=Demonstrates Bias 10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation (1=Demonstrates Bias 10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Flexibility in Scheduling (1=Completely Inflexible 10=Very Flexible)
General Inclination Regarding Bail (1=Pro-Defense 10=Pro-Government)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pre-Trial (1=Pro-Defense 10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Civil Settlement Discussions (1=Least Involved 10=Most Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial (1=Pro-Defense 10=Pro-Government)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing (1=Pro-Defense 10=Pro-Government)
Typical Discount Off Guidelines for Cooperators (1=10% 10=100%)
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Comments:
What others have said about
Hon. William H. Pauley III
Other
comment #:
31364
rating:
0
I don't think you need to be a Lawyer to know this was a sentence for a petty crime not what was recommended or just. I would like to thank this judge, and I use that loosely, for showing you political bias.
1/2/19, 5:53 AM
Criminal Defense Lawyer
comment #:
28730
rating:
7.8
Smart man, even-handed and fair. the problem with him is that he is nasty and short-tempered, bordering on the abusive. He has forgotten what its like to be an advocate and how difficult our job can be particularly on the defense side. He needs to learn what empathy is. The shame is that he is hard working and while I may not agree with some of his rulings it is clear he cares about justice in his courtroom. No need to embarrass lawyers, he should be better that.
1/2/18, 10:56 AM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
26295
rating:
1
extremely bias, gets off on humiliating and demeaning attorneys, unfair, speaks with no basis in law, doesn't care about the law. Should be removed from the bench. COMPLETELY incompetent
1/1/18, 5:31 PM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
26345
rating:
1
sexist
1/1/18, 6:13 PM
Civil Litigation - Govt.
comment #:
25360
rating:
8.2
His decisions are clear, concise and scholarly.
1/1/18, 10:25 PM
Other
comment #:
22270
rating:
0
He does not follow case law or the Constitution. If he 'believes' something is not right, he sides against it even if it's lawful or allowed. Americans have the right to an UNBIASED judge, Pauley. VERY pro-government/prosecution. As with most federal judges, be fully prepared when in his court room. And be prepared for him to nail you later on if you openly disagree with him. He holds grudges. Do the country a favor and retire Pauley.
1/3/14, 1:15 AM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
22010
rating:
1
I was a Pro Se Plaintiff against some large firms. It was a civil rights case where clearing firms, which receive federal assistance, denied me access to the capital markets for no reason. It was a pretty simple straight forward case and should have been allowed to proceed to a jury. Pauley took 8 months to dismiss the entire case. In his decision, which I think was personally written by a clerk and he just signed it, he cited large, well known cases and completely disregarded any law. What complicates matters is that I have another case involving the NSA. I had aksed Pauley to recuse himself because of his views that the collection of data by the NSA was constitutional. It was revealed later on that wasn't the case and so he had a conflict of issues with me and should not have ruled on the civil rights case. But my request to have him removed pissed him off and he treated me like some piece of garbage after that. When he ruled against me, I submitted a response that I wasn't happy and he should have recused himself especially facts that have come to light about the NSA. He then removed my letter from the ECF and revoked my access. So, if you like a Judge who decides what gets put on the docket or not, this guy is for you. I will now be reporting him to the Second Circuit and Senate Judiciary Committee. In the dictionary next to bias and God complex is a picture of Pauley. He should be removed from being a Judge.
1/2/14, 12:46 AM
Other
comment #:
21351
rating:
0
This judge needs to be removed from the bench. He has no idea of what the Constitution means. He needs to be required to attend a refresher course in U.S. history, and to study our founding fathers and what their intent was. He makes me sick.
1/2/13, 2:27 PM
Other
comment #:
21359
rating:
0
Defending an unconstitutional practice with an unconstitutional, controversial Act of Congress is laughable. This is another setback for patriots who believe in personal freedoms: the public demands better from all judges, especially those at the federal level.
1/2/13, 5:19 PM
Litigant
comment #:
21363
rating:
0
This judge is so uninformed with regard to the Bill of Rights that he needs to be removed from the bench.
1/2/13, 8:32 PM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
21366
rating:
4
This judge has been wrong in so many ways on so many constitutional rulings that have been overturned at the circuit level in decisions over the last few years, as to have demonstrated such significant ignorance of our Constitution that he needs to retire. Whether he has become feeble-minded, or has a personal political agenda that is anathema to America's two-hundred-plus years of legal precedent is for others to debate -- either way he has to go. I, as a first-year law student, could rule more effectively and honestly than Judge William H. Pauley III. With all due respect to the legal profession and the American legal system, he has to go.
1/2/13, 8:59 PM
Other
comment #:
21367
rating:
0
His Honor is an idiot! There's no other way to put it.
1/2/13, 10:30 PM
Other
comment #:
20152
rating:
0
He is very fair-and I appreciate being in his courtroom and I appreciate his ruling in a case I witnessed.
1/1/13, 7:48 PM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
13237
rating:
8.4
Very evenhanded in civil litigation. Bent over backwards and remained highly civil to a not very bright, bullheaded plaintiff
1/3/11, 1:22 AM
Criminal Defense Lawyer
comment #:
11962
rating:
0
Received a non-Guidelines sentence of 15 months against Guidelines of 41-51 months for a young woman who permitted her boyfriend's friend to rob the bank branch where she was a teller, after two prior shoplifting arrests and perjury at a suppression hearing, but a fair amount of mitigation. He was obviously troubled by the case and struggled over the sentence and deserves a lot of credit for balancing the need for deterrence and punishment and -- as he put it -- the need to give the defendant a 'time out' -- and giving her a chance to finish college, turn her life around and move on.
1/2/11, 2:24 AM
Other
comment #:
11630
rating:
0
Sir: I can not believe that with the evidence that was produced for the hearing you have given this type of ruling. As a Coloradan I am ashamed that my government and judicial system will not protect our American Mustangs. But then we almost wiped out the Bald Eagle a symbol of America, the buffalo among lot of other species including MY Wild Horses!!! These animals are owned by WE THE PEOPLE and this government does not and will not listen to WE THE PEOPLE, I thought that maybe the judicial system would help, but I see they there is no one who will help the horses that we conquered this country on the back of. I as a voting taxpayer am ashamed that I am an american, THE MORAL CHARACTER OF A NATION IS DEFINED BY HOW WE TREAT OUR ANIMALS-Gandhi and we show no compassion for animals in this country so we have NO MORAL CHARACTER.
1/2/10, 9:54 PM
Criminal Defense Lawyer
comment #:
11631
rating:
0
Judge - You have done this great country a disservice by not engaging fully in respect to the BLM's quest to obliterate wild horses in the U.S. The situation is at a critical crossroads and your treatment of this subject was an insult to say the least. I wish you would look at footage of the horses that are killed, many of them are foals. You have given the BLM free rein to continue to kill. As a taxpayer, I am outraged that my money is being spent on something so cruel and unnecessary.
1/2/10, 10:22 PM
Other
comment #:
11637
rating:
0
As a Colorado native and life long resident, I was appauled by the outcome of this hearing. OUR wild mustangs will continue to be tortured by the BLM, a rogue government agency. However, why should we have expected anything different. A judge is nothing more than a government public service figure that must remain in line with how the big corporations want this country to be run. I have no respect for any leadership of this country anymore. Judge Pauley, you must remember that respect is earned, it is not a given because you have the word 'Honorable' in front of your name. You obviously did not reasearch the facts on how the BLM conducts these deadly roundups.....and if you did, and you realize how terrorizing they are to our mustangs, then shame on you for allowing the BLM to continue. I will not give up the fight until our mustangs have been given their much deserved justice.
1/2/10, 9:48 AM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
11645
rating:
8
No nonsense. Just be prepared, follow his rules and you'll do fine. He refuses to suffer fools...like opposing counsel in the matter I had before him. Once he realizes that someone is an idiot...it's permanent.
1/2/10, 1:10 PM
Other
comment #:
11646
rating:
0
As a Nevada resident and a lover of wild horses, I was outraged to read your decision allowing the Colorado Mustang Gather to continue. Do you even know what the heck the BLM does and/or stands for? Inasmuch as you are listed in the Eastern District of New York I don't think you are knowledgeable about the BLM. Additionally, I don't believe you have ever witnessed a round-up of these majestic animals because quite possibly you'd be brought to tears unless you are an unfeeling individual. It's not only Colorado where horses are being rounded-up, it's throughout the entire West and for no good reason (at least as far as we the people are concerned). In order to find the underlying reason for these round-ups, you need to follow the money – who does what to who for how much? And, you’ll get your answer. You, Judge Pauley, have given the go ahead for the BLM to continue to decimate America's wild horse populations and you Judge Pauley are part and parcel of the decimation/killing of our, the peoples wild horses and you need to be held accountable. Are you aware that wild horses wherever they roam do not belong to the BLM? They don’t and if any round-ups take place it should be in rounding-up the BLM. It's obvious to me that our government is out to rid America of its wildlife and in particular, our Icons of the West, wild horses, wolves and bison. Sadly, they are getting away with it and again for the reason that the East doesn't know what the West is doing and vice versa. Your decision was wrong.
1/2/10, 7:24 PM
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