J. Machelle Sweeting

Profile data snapshot: February 19, 2026 Details may have changed since.

As of February 19, 2026, Judge J. Machelle Sweeting presides in the Supreme Court of New York County, having served on the bench for 12 years. Judge Sweeting was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2025 and ending in 2034.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.0 decisions per year

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

0 published decisions over 11 years

Favored Commercial Bonds: 92.5% of bail cases

Higher than 24.51% of judges in the dataset

49 bail cases favoring commercial bonds out of 53 bail cases

Blocked Affordable Bail: 100.0% of bail cases

Higher than 56.55% of judges in the dataset

53 bail cases without PSSB as most affordable out of 53 bail cases

Disproportionate Carcerality: 0 total years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Reassigned Reversals

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

NYSCEF Decisions

238 decisions (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

2025

Paru v. City of New York

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2025

Spencer v. NYC Dept. of Educ.

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2025

Dougherty v. City of New York

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2025

Woo v. City of New York

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2025

Harge v. City of New York

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2025

Sarmordi v. City of New York

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2025

Garcia v. City of New York

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2025

Cuthbert v. City of New York

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2025

Pirov v. Caban

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2025

City of New York v. Way.com, Inc.

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