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Summary
This legal document, filed on October 29, 2021, argues against the defendant's claim regarding expert testimony in a sex trafficking case. It cites Judge Engelmayer's reasoning from another case (United States v. Randall) to assert that statistical error rates are an 'unusually poor fit' for evaluating qualitative research on trauma and grooming. The document concludes that the proper way to challenge the expert's (Dr. Rocchio's) findings is through cross-examination before a jury, not by deeming them irrelevant under a Daubert analysis.
People (4)
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| Joseph |
Mentioned in a case citation: 'Joseph, 542 F.3d at 21-22'.
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| Judge Engelmayer | Judge |
Cited as having explained that analyzing error rates is an 'unusually poor fit' when evaluating expert testimony in s...
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| Randall |
Mentioned as a party in the case citation 'United States v. Randall, 19 Cr. 131 (PAE) (S.D.N.Y.)'.
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| Dr. Rocchio | Doctor/Expert |
An expert whose qualitative research is being discussed. The document states the defendant is free to cross-examine her.
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Organizations (1)
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| United States | government agency |
Mentioned as a party in the case 'United States v. Randall'.
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Timeline (1 events)
2020-02-25
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Mentioned in a case citation, indicating the Southern District of New York.
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Relationships (1)
The document describes an adversarial legal relationship where the defendant has the right to cross-examine Dr. Rocchio, an expert witness, about her methodologies and conclusions.
Key Quotes (3)
"unusually poor fit"Source
— Judge Engelmayer
(Describing the application of error rate analysis to expert testimony in sex trafficking cases.)
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"[S]tudying the circumstances and psychological drivers of trafficked women is not like studying diseases or potential cures in laboratory animals. . . . Given the necessarily retrospective nature of such a study, given the small size of the populations under review, and given the inherently individualized circumstances presented by different perpetrators, victims, and contexts in this tumultuous and emotionally fraught area of criminal conduct, the vocabulary of error rates . . . is an unusually poor fit. . . . The testing that has been done as to trauma bonding and coercive control, instead, necessarily uses more qualitative research methodologies. These involve interviews and case studies and clinical examinations conducted over time."Source
— Judge Engelmayer
(A quote explaining why traditional error rate analysis is not suitable for expert testimony in sex trafficking cases.)
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"impregnable for purposes of cross examination."Source
— defendant
(A claim made by the defendant regarding the opinions being discussed, which the document refutes.)
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