Frank J. Battisti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frank J. Battisti

United States federal judge

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1922

Place of Birth: Youngstown, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 19-Oct-1994

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Frank Joseph Battisti (October 4, 1922 – October 19, 1994) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Battisti's career featured groundbreaking—and sometimes controversial—rulings, notably his finding in 1976 that the Cleveland public school system was guilty of racial segregation.
Two years earlier, in 1974, he dismissed a case against eight members of the Ohio Army National Guard accused of violating the civil rights of four Kent State University students who were shot dead in 1970.
In the 1980s, he presided over a high-profile case involving Cleveland, Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk, who was deported amid charges that he committed war crimes in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe.
During his decades as a jurist, Battisti was honored by various professional and civic organizations, but he was also a target of criticism.