Douglas P. Woodlock - Knowledge (XXG)

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and federal fair housing laws by, among other things, delaying the permitting process for the construction of housing for recovering drug addicts and homeless veterans. In September 2010, Woodlock issued a lengthy opinion denying the town's motion to dismiss the suit, and the parties reached a

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to three years in prison for accepting a $ 1,000 bribe, citing Turner's false statements to the FBI and "ludicrously perjurious testimony" as reasons for the sentence. In 2012, Woodlock sentenced Catherine E. Greig, the longtime companion of Boston organized crime figure

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for destroying evidence and lying to authorities who were investigating the crime. In 2019, Woodlock was the judge assigned to the criminal case against Jeffrey Bizzack, a California businessman who was one of many parents charged in the

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who pleaded guilty to attempted extortion and admitted that she had accepted bribes, and the next year, Woodlock sentenced her to three and a half years in prison. Also in 2011, Woodlock sentenced former Boston city councilor

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question, Woodlock found that the commonwealth had failed to establish "a substantial fit between the goals of the emergency declared by the commonwealth and the burdening of the constitutional rights," noting that

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were deemed essential but gun retailers were not. The judge's order did require gun shops who reopened to follow a ten-point plan adopted by the state to limit the spread of

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Woodlock has presided over a number of noteworthy criminal cases. In 2005, Woodlock accepted a plea agreement between federal prosecutors and

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as a fake recruited athlete; Woodlock sentenced Bizzack to two months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $ 250,000 fine.

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noted that both Woodlock and Breyer took "an intense hands-on role" in the development of the courthouse, which was designed by architect

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Woodlock was the judge who presided over litigation between the South Middlesex Opportunity Council, an anti-poverty group, and the

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settlement the following month, in which the Town paid $ 1 million and agreed to have officials undergo civil rights training.

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system; the decision was controversial, and resulting press attention resulted in further publicity of the security lapse.

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requirements, sales by appointment only, wearing of masks by employees and customers, and sanitation requirements.

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and its officials. The Opportunity Council filed suit in 2007, alleging that the town government had violated the

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on April 22, 1986, to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated by Judge

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to 20 years and one day in prison, after Gonzalez pleaded guilty the previous year to hacking

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in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, serving under U.S. Attorneys

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Woodlock worked in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Division of Corporation Finance at the

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honored Woodlock with its Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture for his efforts.

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Celebrating the Courthouse: A Guide for Architects, Their Clients, and the Public

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In 2011, Woodlock dismissed an attempt by the Winklevoss twins and their partner

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Antipoverty group to get $ 1m in suit: Said town violated clients' civil rights

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California man sentenced to two months in prison in college admissions scandal

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California businessman gets two months of prison in college admissions scandal

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Catherine E. Greig's 8-year-prison sentence was justified, federal court rules

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to allow gun stores (but not shooting ranges) to reopen, overruling Governor

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Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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On bench, Woodlock taps life experiences: Judge shows compassion, toughness

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Turner sentenced to 3 years in prison: Judge delivers a stern reproach

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Wilkerson admits she took $ 23,500: Prosecutors seek up to 4-year term

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Woodlock was closely involved in the design of Boston's waterfront

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United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan

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