s within the `special province' of the district court." United States v. Paulino, 335 F. Supp. 3d 600, 610 (S.D.N.Y. 2018) (quoting United States v. Shakur, 817 F.2d 189, 196 (2d Cir. 1987)). "The rules concerning admissibility of evidence in criminal trials do not apply to the presentation and consid

s within the `special province' of the district court." United States v. Paulino, 335 F. Supp. 3d 600, 610 (S.D.N.Y. 2018) (quoting United States v. Shakur, 817 F.2d 189, 196 (2d Cir. 1987)). "The rules concerning admissibility of evidence in criminal trials do not apply to the presentation and consid

s within the `special province' of the district court." United States v. Paulino, 335 F. Supp. 3d 600, 610 (S.D.N.Y. 2018) (quoting United States v. Shakur, 817 F.2d 189, 196 (2d Cir. 1987)). "The rules concerning admissibility of evidence in criminal trials do not apply to the presentation and consid

s within the `special province' of the district court." United States v. Paulino, 335 F. Supp. 3d 600, 610 (S.D.N.Y. 2018) (quoting United States v. Shakur, 817 F.2d 189, 196 (2d Cir. 1987)). "The rules concerning admissibility of evidence in criminal trials do not apply to the presentation and consid

ckage would reasonably assure the defendant's appearance in court, see United States v. English, 629 F.3d 311, 319 (2d Cir. 2011); United States v. Shakur, 817 F.2d 189, 196 (2d Cir. 1987), and will reverse only if "on the entire evidence," it is "left with the definite and firm conviction that a mist

rties' right to confront the accuser. Courts have required an anonymous plaintiff to proceed in her own name under similar circumstances. In Doe v. Shakur, 164 FRD 359 (S.D.N.Y. 1996), the plaintiff alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the rapper Tupac Shakur. The Court denied the plaintiff's req

icate finding which reflects a misperception of a legal rule applicable to the particular factor involved." Id. at 319-20 (quoting United States v. Shakur, 817 F.2d 189, 197 (2d Cir. 1987)). That is, "even if the court's finding of a historical fact relevant to that factor is not clearly erroneous, [t