Fordham Law School Professor James Cohen spoke with Newsday about the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office request to seal a civil suit to protect their investigation into the attempted murder of Oheka Castle owner Gary Melius.
James Cohen, a criminal law professor at Fordham University, said although he had never heard of a prosecutor sealing a civil case, Spota might have done it because he feared a risk to public safety.
“It’s possible the DA felt that there was something in the file that if someone got ahold of, it could prove dangerous to someone else,” he said. “That would be the only justification for sealing a civil lawsuit.”
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