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POST #10
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Title: Case No. 18-CV-03472
Slug: case-no-18-cv-03472-10
Date: 2026-09-30 14:12:27
Status: publish
Category: 2
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Four unrelated 2018 cases all share docket number 3472, across four different federal courts: a J&J talc products liability case (D.N.J., Judge Shipp), a procedural notice in the Gayle/Harry's Nurses Registry appeal (2nd Cir., judge unnamed), a copyright case over a Charles Manson photo against ESPN (S.D.N.Y., judge unnamed), and a BitTorrent piracy case against an anonymous IP address (E.D.N.Y., Judge Feuerstein). Same number, different courts — coincidence, not connection.
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Polaris Images Corporation v. ESPN, Inc.
Case details:
- Docket No.: 1:18-cv-3472 (Southern District of New York)
- Filed: April 19, 2018 (Complaint)
- Parties: Polaris Images Corporation (Plaintiff) v. ESPN, Inc. (Defendant)
- Attorneys who filed: Richard P. Liebowitz, Liebowitz Law Firm, PLLC (for Plaintiff)
- Nature: Copyright infringement claim over an unlicensed photograph of Charles Manson published on ESPN's Grantland website.
- No judge found — SDNY assigns the judge after filing.
Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe
Case details:
- Docket No.: 2:18-cv-03472-SJF-SIL (Eastern District of New York)
- Filed: June 14, 2018 (Complaint)
- Parties: Strike 3 Holdings, LLC (Plaintiff) v. John Doe, subscriber at IP address 108.162.11.70 (Defendant)
- Attorneys who filed: Jacqueline M. James, The James Law Firm, PLLC (for Plaintiff)
- Nature: Copyright infringement via BitTorrent — Plaintiff alleges 44 adult films were illegally downloaded/distributed by the anonymous IP holder.
Judge Profile:
Sandra J. Feuerstein
- Position: U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of New York
- Nominated: January 7, 2003, by President George W. Bush
- Assumed Office: September 22, 2003
- Born: January 21, 1946, in New York City
- Current Status: Deceased (died April 9, 2021, in a hit-and-run crash in Boca Raton, FL, while on senior status)
- Jurisdiction: Eastern District of New York (Second Circuit)
- Career: NYC public school teacher (1966–1971); law clerk, NY Supreme Court; Nassau County District Court Judge; NY Supreme Court Justice; Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Second Department, before her 2003 federal nomination
Michael A. Shipp
- Position: U.S. District Judge, District of New Jersey
- Nominated: January 23, 2012, by President Barack Obama
- Assumed Office: July 26, 2012
- Born: October 1965, in Paterson, New Jersey
- Current Status: Active Federal District Judge
- Jurisdiction: District of New Jersey (Third Circuit)
- Career: Law clerk, NJ Supreme Court Justice James H. Coleman Jr.; associate, Skadden Arps; Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to the Attorney General, State of New Jersey; U.S. Magistrate Judge, D.N.J. (2007–2012), before elevation to District Judge
Gayle v. Harry's Nurses Registry
Case details:
- Docket No.: 18-3472cv (2nd Circuit); related district docket 07-cv-4672 (E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn)
- Filed: January 9, 2024 (Notice of Defective Filing, Clerk's Office)
- Parties: Referenced case is Gayle v. Harry's Nurses Registry
- Nature: Procedural notice — a redacted exhibit filed by Appellants didn't match the required format; the Clerk's Office directed a corrected refiling by January 11, 2024.
Judge Profile
Robert A. Katzmann
- Position: Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (at time of this 2014 order)
- Nominated: March 8, 1999, by President Bill Clinton
- Assumed Office: July 16, 1999 (Circuit Judge); served as Chief Judge 2013–2020
- Born: April 22, 1953, in New York City
- Current Status: Deceased (died June 9, 2021, after a long illness, while on senior status)
- Jurisdiction: Second Circuit (Connecticut, New York, Vermont)
- Career: First federal judge to hold both a Ph.D. (Harvard, political science) and a J.D. (Yale); law clerk to Judge Hugh H. Bownes (1st Cir.); professor at Georgetown University; fellow at the Brookings Institution; special counsel to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan during Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's confirmation
Ralph K. Winter Jr.
- Position: Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (at time of this 2014 order)
- Nominated: November 18, 1981, by President Ronald Reagan
- Assumed Office: December 10, 1981 (Circuit Judge); served as Chief Judge 1997–2000; assumed senior status September 30, 2000
- Born: July 30, 1935, in Waterbury, Connecticut
- Current Status: Deceased (died December 8, 2020, at age 85)
- Jurisdiction: Second Circuit (Connecticut, New York, Vermont); also served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (2003–2010)
- Career: Law clerk to Judge Thurgood Marshall on the 2nd Circuit (1961–1962, his first clerkship after law school); William K. Townsend Professor of Law, Yale Law School (20 years); early mentor to founders of the Federalist Society
Victor Marrero
- Position: District Judge, sitting by designation on the Second Circuit panel (regular seat: U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York)
- Nominated: May 27, 1999, by President Bill Clinton
- Assumed Office: October 5, 1999; assumed senior status December 31, 2010
- Born: 1941, in Santurce, Puerto Rico
- Current Status: Senior Federal District Judge (active on reduced caseload)
- Jurisdiction: Southern District of New York (Second Circuit)
- Career: Aide to NYC Mayor John V. Lindsay; Chairman, NYC City Planning Commission; Undersecretary of Housing and Urban Development (1979–1981)
Ellis v. Johnson & Johnson, Inc. et al.
Case details:
- Case No.: 3:18-cv-03472-MAS-RLS (District of New Jersey) — filed within MDL No. 16-2738
- Filed: March 12, 2018 (Short Form Complaint)
- Parties: Valarie Ellis (Plaintiff) v. Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc., Imerys Talc America, Inc. (Defendants)
- Attorneys who filed: James G. Onder, William W. Blair, Stephanie L. Rados, OnderLaw, LLC (for Plaintiff)
- Nature: Talcum powder products liability claim (ovarian cancer), filed as part of the nationwide MDL.
Judge Profile:
Rukhsanah L. Singh
- Position: U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of New Jersey (Trenton Vicinage)
- Appointed: 2022
- Assumed Office: 2022
- Born: Not publicly listed
- Current Status: Active Magistrate Judge; first female of South Asian descent to serve as a U.S. magistrate judge in New Jersey
- Jurisdiction: District of New Jersey (Third Circuit)
- Career: Law clerk to Judge Joel A. Pisano (D.N.J.) and Justice Roberto A. Rivera-Soto (NJ Supreme Court); associate, Connell Foley LLP; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil Division, E.D.N.Y.; Assistant General Counsel for Litigation, BASF Corporation
Freda L. Wolfson
- Position: Former Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (Retired)
- Nominated: August 1, 2002, by President George W. Bush
- Assumed Office: December 4, 2002 (District Judge); served as Chief Judge 2019–2023
- Born: 1954, in Vineland, New Jersey
- Current Status: Retired from the federal bench (February 2023); now in private practice at Lowenstein Sandler, and has since served as a court-appointed Special Master/Special Adjudicator reviewing talc-litigation evidence
- Jurisdiction: District of New Jersey (Third Circuit) — presided over the J&J Talc MDL (No. 16-2738) for seven years before retiring
- Career: U.S. Magistrate Judge, D.N.J. (1986–2002); private practice, Lowenstein Sandler and Clapp & Eisenberg, before and after her federal judgeship
Lois H. Goodman
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- Position: Former U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of New Jersey
- Appointed: March 30, 2009
- Assumed Office: 2009
- Born: Not publicly listed
- Current Status: Retired (April 3, 2023)
- Jurisdiction: District of New Jersey (Third Circuit) — served alongside Judge Wolfson overseeing discovery in the J&J Talc MDL
- Career: Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1977); NYU School of Law (J.D., 1986); limited additional public biographical detail available