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Alvin Hellerstein, district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, was presiding over the case set to begin in June 2027, according to Reuters. Hellerstein was considered a senior judge since 2011, and he was originally appointed by then-President Bill Clinton in 1998.
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