nytimes June 11, 2021 12:00am Robert Katzmann, U.S. Judge With Reach Beyond the Bench, Dies at 68 #katzmannroberta #appealscourtsus #immigrationandemigration #deathsobituaries #uscourtofappealsforthesecondcircuit #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #newyorkstate #news Robert Katzmann, U.S. Judge With Reach Beyond the Bench, Dies at 68 As chief of the Second Circuit in New York, he championed immigrants’ rights, judicial transparency and schooling the public on the law. In 2019 he dealt Trump a blow.