{"id":4093,"date":"2024-10-23T15:13:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T19:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/?p=4093"},"modified":"2025-01-22T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:42:13","slug":"marian-w-payson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/judges\/marian-w-payson\/","title":{"rendered":"Marian W. Payson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2003<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u2013 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2025<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Federal Judicial Service:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York.\u00a0 Entered duty on April 14, 2003, and \u00a0reappointed to additional eightyear terms in 2011 and 2019.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Education:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cum laude<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 1984<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Duke University, B.A., <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">magna cum laude<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 1981<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professional Career:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New York State Attorney General\u2019s Office, AAG in Charge, Rochester Regional Office, 1999-2003<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Public Interest Law Office of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1997-1999<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney, U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Southern District of New York, 1994-1996<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Southern District of New York, 1990-1994<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Private Practice, Debevoise &amp; Plimpton, New York, New York, 1985-1989<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Law Clerk, Hon. Wilbur F. Pell, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Chicago, Illinois, 1984-1985<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Noteworthy Cases:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EEOC v. Everdry Marketing Mgmt., Inc.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, No. 6:01-CV-06329:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The EEOC filed suit on behalf of thirteen individual female claimants who worked as telemarketers for defendants, a waterproofing franchising business and one of its franchisees operated in Rochester.\u00a0 The EEOC alleged that defendants acted as an integrated enterprise and subjected the claimants to physical and verbal sexual harassment.\u00a0 The claimants and various of their family members testified about the psychological effects of the harassment on the claimants.\u00a0 After a three-week trial in October 2006, the jury returned a verdict in favor of claimants, finding that they had been subjected to a sexually hostile work environment.\u00a0 Each claimant was awarded both compensatory and punitive damages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EEOC v. Everdry Marketing Mgmt., Inc.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 556 F.\u202fSupp.\u202f2d 213 (W.D.N.Y. 2008), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">aff\u2019d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 348 F.\u202fApp\u2019x 677 (2d Cir. 2009)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/eeoc-v-everdry-marketing-management?q=EEOC%20v.%20Everdry%20Marketing%20Mgmt&amp;sort=relevance&amp;p=1&amp;type=case&amp;resultsNav=false\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/eeoc-v-everdry-marketing-management?q=EEOC%20v.%20Everdry%20Marketing%20Mgmt&amp;sort=relevance&amp;p=1&amp;type=case&amp;resultsNav=false<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/eeoc-v-everdry-mktg-and-mgmt-inc?q=EEOC%20v.%20Everdry%20Marketing%20Mgmt&amp;sort=relevance&amp;p=1&amp;type=case\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/eeoc-v-everdry-mktg-and-mgmt-inc?q=EEOC%20v.%20Everdry%20Marketing%20Mgmt&amp;sort=relevance&amp;p=1&amp;type=case<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Doe v. Overfield<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, No. 6:08-CV-06294:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This class action suit challenged the policy of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Services (\u201cDOCCS\u201d) of imposing a special condition of parole supervision prohibiting all parolees who had ever committed sexual misconduct from having any contact with any child under eighteen, even their own children.\u00a0 Following extensive discovery and conferences with the Court to assist their efforts to resolve the claims, the parties agreed upon a new protocol obligating DOCCS to provide notice to parolees of their right to request parental contact with their children and to consider less restrictive alternatives to no contact when the other parent supports contact between the parolee and his or her children.\u00a0 Following a fairness hearing, this Court approved the parties\u2019 settlement agreement requiring DOCCS to implement the protocol.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chart v. Town of Parma<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, No. 6:10-CV-06179:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Plaintiff John Chart sued the Town of Parma pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (\u201cRCRA\u201d), 42 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 6901 <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">et seq<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">., maintaining that the Town contaminated the Town\u2019s park when it backfilled areas of the park with allegedly contaminated topsoil.\u00a0 The topsoil used by the Town originated in a former apple orchard, and, according to Chart, pesticides including arsenic, lead, DDT, DDE and DDD were used in the orchard, resulting in contamination of the soil.\u00a0 Chart sought an injunction requiring the Town to remediate the park, along with recovery costs and attorneys\u2019 fees.\u00a0 Judge Payson determined that Chart had standing to bring the action.\u00a0 In 2014, Judge Payson denied in part the Town\u2019s motion for summary judgment.\u00a0 Judge Payson determined that although the Town had established that the topsoil did not constitute a \u201chazardous waste,\u201d it failed to establish that the topsoil did not constitute a \u201csolid waste\u201d under RCRA and that issues of fact regarding whether the topsoil presented an \u201cimminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment\u201d precluded judgment as a matter of law in favor of the Town.\u00a0 Following denial of summary judgment, Judge Payson conducted a courtassisted settlement conference with the parties.\u00a0 The parties resolved the action, and the Town agreed to a Site Management Plan for the park, which included provisions for regular inspections, maintenance and repair, and use limitations, with the objective of minimizing any potential exposures.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chart v. Town of Parma<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 2014 WL 4923166 (W.D.N.Y. 2014)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/chart-v-town-of-parma\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/chart-v-town-of-parma<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">McKnight v. Vasile<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, No. 6:11-CV-06328:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Plaintiff Miriam McKnight filed suit against the City of Rochester and several of its police officers asserting constitutional and state law claims arising from her arrest on July 3, 2010, following a 911 call she made about a possible stabbing in the vicinity of a neighboring house.\u00a0 During the course of the police response, McKnight objected to the attempt by one of the officers to affix crime scene tape to her porch railing.\u00a0 A brief altercation ensued, and thirteen seconds later, McKnight was arrested and charged with obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest.\u00a0 Following a bench trial in early 2016 on claims against two of the officers (summary judgment had been granted in favor of the City and the other officer), Judge Payson determined that no probable cause existed to arrest McKnight for obstruction of governmental administration or resisting arrest.\u00a0 Officer Gregory Vasile was found liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, and battery, but not liable for excessive force.\u00a0 Judgment was granted in favor of defendant Officer Michael Nicholls on the claims against him.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">McKnight v. Vasile<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 2017 WL 1176051 (W.D.N.Y. 2017)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/mcknight-v-vasile\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/mcknight-v-vasile<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2003 \u2013 2025\u00a0 Federal Judicial Service:\u00a0 Magistrate Judge, U.S. District  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,37,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judges","category-magistrate-judges","category-past-judges"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4093"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4925,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions\/4925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}