Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Menachem PRI-HAR, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-05-01
Citations: 10 F. App'x 4
Docket Number: Docket No. 00-1573
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Menachem PRI-HAR, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Present NEWMAN and CABRANES, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 10
Pages: 4–4

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Menachem PRI-HAR, Defendant-Appellant.
Docket No. 00-1573.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
May 1, 2001.
Milton Mollen, Graugard Mollen & Miller; Barry M. Fallick, Rochman Platzer Fallick & Sternheim, LLP, of counsel, New York, NY, for appellant.
Deirdre A. McEvoy, Assistant United States Attorney; Christine H. Chung, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel; Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, on the brief, United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for appellee.
Present NEWMAN and CABRANES, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.
The Honorable Alvin W. Thompson of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of said District Court be and is AFFIRMED.
Defendant Menachem Pri-Har appeals from a judgment of the District Court denying his motion for a new trial under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33. Pri-Har argues that the District Court abused its discretion in denying his motion because: (1) he proffered "newly discovered" evidence that would have led to his acquittal; and (2) the Government suppressed this evidence, in violation of its obligations under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), and knowingly presented false testimony and arguments relating to this evidence.
After reviewing the record, we affirm the District Court's judgment substantially for the reasons provided in its February 9, 2000 opinion. See Pri-Har v. United States, 83 F.Supp.2d 393 (S.D.N.Y.2000). As the District Court found, much of Pri-Har's "newly discovered" evidence was not exculpatory within the meaning of Rule 33 or Brady. See id. at 400-04. Moreover, Pri-Har failed to show that he was unable to discover before or during trial much of this evidence with the exercise of due diligence. Finally, we agree with the District Court that, in light of the substantial evidence of Pri-Har's guilt, none of the evidence was sufficient to impugn the validity of the jury's verdict. See id. at 404-05.
Accordingly, the District Court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion for a new trial, and its judgment is hereby AFFIRMED.