context: It is clear that Cerasani's reputation is tarnished. Under Federal Rule of Evidence 201, this Court can, and does, take judicial notice of Cerasani's criminal record.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: in defamation action, court took judicial notice of court proceedings that led to plaintiffs acquittal of criminal charges referred to in allegedly defamatory publication
citation_a.sentence: See Ives Lab., Inc. v. Darby Drug Co., 638 F.2d 538, 544 n. 8 (2d Cir.1981), rev’d on other grounds sub nom. Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc., 456 U.S. 844, 102 S.Ct. 2182, 72 L.Ed.2d 606 (1982) (taking judicial notice of return of indictments); Miller v. News Syndicate Co., 445 F.2d 356, 357 n. 1 (2d Cir.1971) (in defamation action, court took judicial notice of court proceedings that led to plaintiffs acquittal of criminal charges referred to in allegedly defamatory publication); see also Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Rotches Pork Packers, Inc., 969 F.2d 1384, 1388 (2d Cir.1992) (“[a] court may take judicial notice of a document filed in another court ‘not for the truth of the matters asserted in the other litigation, but rather to establish the fact of such litigation and related filings’”) (citation omitted); Kowalski v. Gagne, 914 F.2d 299, 305-06 (1st Cir.1990) (court may take judicial notice of convictions and proceedings in other courts); Commodity Futures Trading Comm’n v. Co Petro Mktg. Group, Inc., 680 F.2d 573, 584 (9th Cir.1982) (taking judicial notice of criminal conviction).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 914 F.2d 299, 305-06
citation_b.parenthetical: court may take judicial notice of convictions and proceedings in other courts
citation_b.sentence: See Ives Lab., Inc. v. Darby Drug Co., 638 F.2d 538, 544 n. 8 (2d Cir.1981), rev’d on other grounds sub nom. Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc., 456 U.S. 844, 102 S.Ct. 2182, 72 L.Ed.2d 606 (1982) (taking judicial notice of return of indictments); Miller v. News Syndicate Co., 445 F.2d 356, 357 n. 1 (2d Cir.1971) (in defamation action, court took judicial notice of court proceedings that led to plaintiffs acquittal of criminal charges referred to in allegedly defamatory publication); see also Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Rotches Pork Packers, Inc., 969 F.2d 1384, 1388 (2d Cir.1992) (“[a] court may take judicial notice of a document filed in another court ‘not for the truth of the matters asserted in the other litigation, but rather to establish the fact of such litigation and related filings’”) (citation omitted); Kowalski v. Gagne, 914 F.2d 299, 305-06 (1st Cir.1990) (court may take judicial notice of convictions and proceedings in other courts); Commodity Futures Trading Comm’n v. Co Petro Mktg. Group, Inc., 680 F.2d 573, 584 (9th Cir.1982) (taking judicial notice of criminal conviction).