Soma S. Syed

Judge Soma S. Syed currently presides over civil cases in the Civil Court of Queens County and has served as a New York judge for 5 years.

Judge Syed was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2022 and ending in 2031.

To view Judge Syed’s profile on the New York State Courts website, click here.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.5 decisions per year

Higher than 67.9% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate: 0.0%

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0.0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds: 88.2% of bail cases

Higher than 47.51% of judges in the dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail: 92.8% of bail cases

Higher than 46.41% of judges in the dataset

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

Published Decisions

2 decisions

2023

People v. Middleton

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2022

People v. Nelson

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