Rosemary M. Collyer Dies at 80, Judge Rebuked FBI in 2019 Surveillance Case
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 1
Rosemary M. Collyer Dies at 80, Judge Rebuked FBI in 2019 Surveillance Case
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 1
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Rosemary M. Collyer died June 7 in Rockville, Maryland, at 80; her husband said complications of ovarian cancer caused her death in a nursing facility.
Collyer served on the U.S. District Court in Washington after President George W. Bush nominated her in 2002, and she retired in 2020.
In 2019, as presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, she sharply criticized the FBI over inaccuracies in wiretap applications targeting former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Her docket also spanned Guantánamo Bay detainee cases and a major dispute over whether MetLife was too big to fail, underscoring a broad judicial reach.