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Hon. Charles S. Haight, Jr.
District judge
D.Conn.
2nd Circuit
Average Rating:
6.3
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Hon. Charles S. Haight, Jr.
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ID
date
Temp* Sch* Indu* Comp* Punct* Ev-Cv* Ev-Cr* Flex Bail Crim Settle Trial Sent Coop Average
Civil Litigation - Private
33039
1/12/25
1
0
1
1
5
0
0
0
6
7
1
4
0
0
2
Civil Litigation - Govt.
33032
10/15/24
10
0
0
3
0
8
5
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
6.5
Civil Litigation - Private
33027
8/18/24
2
2
0
0
10
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4.5
Criminal Defense Lawyer
24939
1/2/17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
24837
1/2/17
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.2
Civil Litigation - Private
24590
1/2/17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
24554
1/1/17
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1.5
Civil Litigation - Private
23932
1/2/16
4
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1.7
Civil Litigation - Private
23633
1/2/16
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1.3
Criminal Defense Lawyer
21871
1/2/14
9
10
2
3
1
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5.7
Civil Litigation - Private
17682
1/2/12
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
Civil Litigation - Private
10147
1/2/10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
Criminal Defense Lawyer
8348
1/2/09
10
10
9
8
8
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8.2
Criminal Defense Lawyer
5899
1/2/08
9
8
10
10
10
10
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
8.1
Civil Litigation - Private
1242
1/2/06
10
9
9
10
0
10
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
9.6
Criminal Defense Lawyer
1117
1/2/06
8
8
8
8
8
8
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
Criminal Defense Lawyer
1009
1/1/06
10
10
10
10
0
0
10
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
10
Civil Litigation - Private
1040
1/2/06
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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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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date
Fam Par Qu-Arg At-Arg Sch Cri Civ Lab Imm
Civil Litigation - Private
33039
1/12/25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Govt.
33032
10/15/24
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
33027
8/18/24
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
24939
1/2/17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
24837
1/2/17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
24590
1/2/17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
24554
1/1/17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
23932
1/2/16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
23633
1/2/16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
21871
1/2/14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
17682
1/2/12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
10147
1/2/10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
8348
1/2/09
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
5899
1/2/08
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
1242
1/2/06
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
1117
1/2/06
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Defense Lawyer
1009
1/1/06
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Civil Litigation - Private
1040
1/2/06
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Non-lawyer Rating
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evaluator
ID
date
Rating
Litigant
24043
1/2/16
1
Litigant
11898
1/2/11
5
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Bail
Crim
Settle
Trial
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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. Charles S. Haight, Jr.
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
33039
rating:
2
This the horror of gerontocracy. Hurts so many people and erodes all trust in the system.
1/12/25, 3:26 AM
Civil Litigation - Govt.
comment #:
33032
rating:
6.5
A revolving door with no opening.
10/15/24, 11:46 PM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
33027
rating:
4.5
Kind of judge who will write 74 page opinion saying your 45 page complaint is inadequate. Usually three years after you filed it. In short, the endless embodiment of everything the federal rules prohibit.
8/18/24, 11:08 AM
Criminal Defense Lawyer
comment #:
24939
rating:
0
Awful. Mandatory retirement please. The Founders did not envision this absurdity, this sinecure.
1/2/17, 4:48 AM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
24837
rating:
1.2
The lights are on. But no one is home. Has a clerk who has never really gotten past second year of law school. Couldn't try a case if she had to.
1/2/17, 5:32 AM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
24590
rating:
0
In the words of Dante, abandon all hope, Ye plaintiffs who enter here. You are basically presenting your case to a defense firm. The best argument I've ever encountered for having not just judges but all any career clerk to disclose all conflicts of interest in a case based on their work histories.
1/2/17, 7:19 AM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
24554
rating:
1.5
Not a real court. Exists to throw cases out one way or another.
1/1/17, 8:20 PM
Litigant
comment #:
24043
rating:
0
Terrible judge, pompous. Can he be sent back to New York.
1/2/16, 3:48 AM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
23932
rating:
1.7
As noted below by an earlier commenter, the bias in favor of corporate interests, and the government, is marked, obvious, and almost comical. Opinions have an air of not being written by him but clerks with no life or legal experience. Pretentious literary allusions (it's 'legion' not 'Legion' (unless there was a bizarre attempt to reference the New Testament)), make it worse. Good time to retire.
1/2/16, 5:19 PM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
23633
rating:
1.3
Be prepared to have your Complaint micro-analyzed for three years or more. Fact pleading controls. Basically makes Bleak House look like a rocket docket. Decisions are verbose and strewn with gratuitous, innumerable footnotes about irrelevancies such as President Ford and other tangents.
1/2/16, 2:58 AM
Criminal Defense Lawyer
comment #:
21871
rating:
5.7
if you want to delay a case here, file something. Anything. It will delay the case for years. A defense lawyer's dream. seventh amendment has no practical application.
1/2/14, 2:16 PM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
17682
rating:
10
Superb judge and a consummate gentleman. A pleasure to appear before him.
1/2/12, 2:14 AM
Litigant
comment #:
11898
rating:
0
Judge Haight exhibits pro-government bias!
1/2/11, 12:59 PM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
10147
rating:
10
Had my first case with him as he is now sitting in Connecticut. Boy, the New York bar really lost something when Haight moved to CT. A fine judge and a real gentleman. It was a pleasure to be before him. A throw back to the days when more federal judges were like him. Now he's a gem in the midst of a bunch of crude politicos.
1/2/10, 12:49 AM
Criminal Defense Lawyer
comment #:
8348
rating:
8.2
I tried a civil jury case before him a few years back. He would seem to have been sent from central casting as the perfect judge: scholarly, a gentleman to the core, diligent, always willing to listen to argument with an open mind. I found him to be slightly biased in favor of the defense, but still mostly even-handed. I will probably never try a case before a better judge.
1/2/09, 5:36 AM
Criminal Defense Lawyer
comment #:
5899
rating:
8.1
1/2/08, 4:03 AM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
1242
rating:
9.6
Another excellent jurist. Will give full attention to matters before the Court. Very detail oriented - woe to those who try to slip one past this Judge! Also, a great maritime judge.
1/2/06, 10:12 AM
Criminal Defense Lawyer
comment #:
1117
rating:
8
1/2/06, 12:15 PM
Criminal Defense Lawyer
comment #:
1009
rating:
10
Haven't tried a case in front of him but hope to before he retires. An excellent judge in all respects. A credit to the bench.
1/1/06, 7:46 PM
Civil Litigation - Private
comment #:
1040
rating:
0
1/2/06, 10:49 AM
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