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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 1
Rosemary M. Collyer Dies at 80, Judge Rebuked FBI in 2019 Surveillance Case
Updated
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

Summary

  • 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.

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