Complex sentence: Mortimer W. Byers (b. March 28,1877, Brooklyn, NY, d. March 5,1962, Brooklyn, NY) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Split into simpler sentences: Mortimer W. Byers (March 28,1877--March 5,1962) was a United States federal judge. Byers was a federal judge to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.