The New York judge assigned to the...
The New York judge assigned to the alleged attempted-extortion case of Howard Spira took himself off the case because he is an acquaintance of the alleged victim, Yankee owner George Steinbrenner.
U.S. District Judge John E. Sprizzo removed himself from the case even though prosecution and defense lawyers had no objection.
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