Eric Nicholas Vitaliano (born February 27, 1948 in Staten Island, New York) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Vitaliano was nominated by President George W.
Bush on October 6, 2005, to a seat vacated by Arthur D.
Spatt.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 2005, and received commission on January 19, 2006.
Vitaliano suffers from glaucoma and is legally blind.