{"id":4107,"date":"2024-10-24T10:02:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T14:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/?p=4107"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:55:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:55:46","slug":"leslie-g-foschio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/judges\/leslie-g-foschio\/","title":{"rendered":"Leslie G. Foschio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1991<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u2013 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">present<\/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\">Recalled Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, 2007<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u2013 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">present.\u00a0 Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, 1991-2007.<\/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-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, LL.B. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cum laude<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 1965<\/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-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">University of Buffalo, B.A., <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cum laude<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 1962<\/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\">Vice President, General Counsel &amp; Secretary, Barrister Information Systems Corporation, Buffalo, New York, 1983-1991<\/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\">Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, State of New York, 1981-1983; Chair, Governor\u2019s Traffic Safety Committee, 1981-1983; Executive Deputy Commissioner, 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<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Private Practice, Cohen Swados Wright Hanifin Bradford &amp; Brett, Buffalo, New York, 1978-1981<\/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<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Corporation Counsel, City of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 1975-1977<\/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\/Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1969-1975<\/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 District Attorney, Erie County, Buffalo, New York, 1966-1969: Senior Assistant District Attorney, 1968-1969<\/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\">Staff Attorney, Office of Counsel, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 1965-1966<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><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\">Ceglia v. Zuckerberg<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, No. 1:10-CV-00569:<\/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\">In this action in which the plaintiff claimed ownership of 50% of Facebook based on a putative contract with the defendant Mark Zuckerberg, defendants\u2019 motion to dismiss the action as a fraud on the court was recommended to be granted because undisputed evidence established the contract was a forgery.<\/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\">Ceglia v. Zuckerberg<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 2013 WL 1208558 (W.D.N.Y. 2013), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">report and recommendation adopted<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 2014 WL 1224574 (W.D.N.Y. 2014), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">aff\u2019d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 600 F.\u202fApp\u2019x. 34 (2d Cir. 2015), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cert. denied<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 577 U.S. 1066 (2016)<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zolnowski v. County of Erie<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, No. 1:95-CV-00774:<\/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\">After the parties consented to proceed before a U.S. Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. \u00a7\u202f636(c), a preliminary injunction against overcrowding conditions at the Erie County Holding Center was granted by Judge Foschio.\u00a0 The case thereafter was settled with an award of plaintiffs\u2019 attorneys fees.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/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\">Zolnowski v. County of Erie<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 944 F.\u202fSupp. 1096 (W.D.N.Y 1996)<\/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\/zolonowski-v-county-of-erie\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/zolonowski-v-county-of-erie<\/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>&nbsp;<\/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><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Burns v. Imagine Films Entertainment, Inc.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, No. 1:92-CV-00243:<\/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\">Plaintiffs, authors of copyrighted screenplays about firefighters, brought this copyright infringement action against defendants, motion picture producers, alleging defendants\u2019 screenplay for the motion picture <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Backdraft<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> used significant portions of plaintiff\u2019s copyrighted screenplays.\u00a0 Three motions filed by plaintiffs to compel discovery of financial information necessary to calculate the net profits defendants received for the conception, creation, modification, and writing of revision of the Backdraft script were granted.\u00a0 Because the defendants did not produce the discovery materials until after the third motion was granted, plaintiffs\u2019 subsequent motion for sanctions was granted, and the district judge adopted Judge Foschio\u2019s recommendation that defendants\u2019 answer be struck as a sanction for such failure to comply.<\/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\">Burns v. Imagine Films Entertainment, Inc.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 164 F.R.D. 594 (W.D.N.Y. 1996)<\/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\/terrence-burns-md-and-john-zoll-plaintiffs-v-imagine-films-entertainment-inc-mca-inc-and-universal-city-studios-inc-defendants-1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/terrence-burns-md-and-john-zoll-plaintiffs-v-imagine-films-entertainment-inc-mca-inc-and-universal-city-studios-inc-defendants-1<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Greenway v. Buffalo Hilton Hotel<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, No. 1:94-CV-00878:<\/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\">In this employment discrimination action, the parties consented to proceed before a U.S. Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. \u00a7\u202f636(c), and a jury trial was held on claims the plaintiff, after testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (\u201cHIV\u201d), was terminated in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (\u201cADA\u201d) and New York Human Rights Law.\u00a0 Post-trial, Judge Foschio denied defendant\u2019s motion for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial, holding the question of whether the plaintiff was terminated in violation of the ADA and New York Human Rights Law was for the jury, that references in the plaintiff\u2019s closing arguments to antihomosexual bigotry and gay bashing did not create undue prejudice, reduced the amount but otherwise upheld the award of back pay and front pay, and held the plaintiff was entitled to an award of attorney fees and costs.<\/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\">Greenway v. Buffalo Hilton Hotel<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 951 F.\u202fSupp. 1039 (W.D.N.Y. 1997), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">aff\u2019d as modified<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 143 F.3d 47 (2d Cir. 1998) (modifying compensatory damages award)<\/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:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/FSupp\/951\/1039\/1381426\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/FSupp\/951\/1039\/1381426\/<\/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>1991 \u2013 present\u00a0 Federal Judicial Service:\u00a0 Recalled Magistrate Judge, U.S.  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,35,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-judges","category-judges","category-magistrate-judges"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4107","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=4107"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4443,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4107\/revisions\/4443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}