Legal Opinion

Claudio v. United States Department of Labor

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided April 5, 2001No. 01 Civ. 1861(DC)Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION

CHIN, District Judge.

In 1991, when he was 23 years old, petitioner Francisco Claudio pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possession of narcotics. A year later, he pled guilty to a felony charge of robbery in the third degree, following an altercation with a neighbor who had been harassing his wife. He served eight months of a one-year prison sentence and was released on April 13, 1993. Since then, he apparently has led a productive life.

Because of his convictions, Claudio is disqualified by law from being employed in certain positions by any labor organization. Claudio…

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