Michael H. Park

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit circuit Appointed by Donald Trump (Republican) 26 signed orders read

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Sonterra Capital Master Fund Ltd. v. UBS AG
17-944-cv · 2020-04-01
Appeal (appellants (plaintiffs Sonterra Capital and other investment funds)) Granted

“On review, we agree that Plaintiffs alleged an injury in fact sufficient for Article III standing. REVERSED and REMANDED.”

United States v. Parnell
19-649-cr · 2020-05-19
Appeal (appellant (defendant Linda Sue Parnell)) Denied

“We hold that the district court properly ordered restitution for losses from Parnell's wire fraud dating back to 2010. ... We thus AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.”

XY Planning Network, LLC v. SEC
19-2886-ag(L) · 2020-06-26
Petition for review (petitioners (XY Planning Network, Ford Financial Solutions, and several states and the District of Columbia)) Denied

“We hold that: (1) Ford Financial Solutions has Article III standing to bring its petition for review, (2) Section 913(f) of the Dodd-Frank Act authorizes Regulation Best Interest, and (3) Regulation Best Interest is not arbitrary and capricious. DENIED.”

Mango v. Buzzfeed, Inc.
19-446-cv · 2020-08-13
Appeal (appellant (defendant BuzzFeed, Inc.)) Denied

“We hold that the DMCA does not require Mango to prove that BuzzFeed knew its actions would lead to future, third-party infringement, so the district court properly awarded damages. AFFIRMED.”

Booker v. Graham
18-739-pr · 2020-08-31
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Amin Booker, inmate)) Denied

“We conclude that (1) Booker's Free Exercise claims fail because Defendants are entitled to qualified immunity; (2) Booker's RLUIPA claims are moot because he was transferred from Auburn; and (3) the district court properly admitted the contested evidence. We thus AFFIRM.”

Quinones v. City of Binghamton
20-3078-cv · 2021-05-12
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Alan Quinones)) Granted in part

“AFFIRMED in part, VACATED and REMANDED in part for further proceedings.”

Estle v. Int'l Bus. Machs. Corp.
20-3372 · 2022-01-20
Appeal (appellants (plaintiffs Steven Estle and other former IBM employees)) Denied

“The district court correctly held that 14 Penn Plaza governs this case and granted IBM's motion to dismiss Plaintiffs' complaint. We affirm.”

Bainbridge Fund Ltd. v. The Republic of Argentina
21-37-cv(L) · 2022-06-22
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Bainbridge Fund Ltd.)) Denied

“Bainbridge's claims are thus time-barred, and we AFFIRM the judgments of the district court.”

United States v. Farooq
21-0707 · 2023-01-30
Appeal (appellant (defendant Khawaja Muhammad Farooq)) Denied

“So the district court acted within its broad discretion by imposing the narrowly tailored special condition requiring Farooq to obtain approval from the court before publishing any further information about them. We thus AFFIRM.”

Chinniah v. Fed. Energy Regul. Comm'n
22-475 · 2023-03-15
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Gnana Chinniah, pro se)) Denied

“The district court (Broderick, J.) thus dismissed the claim for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. We AFFIRM.”

In re IBM Arbitration Agreement Litigation
22-1728-cv · 2023-08-04
Appeal (appellants (plaintiffs, former IBM employees)) Denied

“First, the piggybacking rule does not apply to arbitration and, in any event, it is not a substantive right under the ADEA. Second, the presumption of public access to judicial documents is outweighed here by the Federal Arbitration Act's strong policy in favor of enforcing arbitral confidentiality provisions ... AFFIRMED.”

Stafford v. Int'l Bus. Machs. Corp.
22-1240-cv · 2023-08-14
Appeal (appellant (respondent-appellant International Business Machines Corporation)) Granted

“We thus VACATE the district court's confirmation of the award and REMAND with instructions to dismiss the petition as moot. We REVERSE the district court's grant of the motion to unseal.”

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