Gotti was arrested earlier this year on charges in an indictment brought against him in Tampa, Fla. A judge there transferred the case to Manhattan, saying the racketeering charge against Gotti mirrored one on which he was tried repeatedly in New York.
Gotti lawyer Seth Ginsberg wrote that letting Scheindlin handle the case would be a "considerable savings of judicial resources."
For now, the case has been assigned to another New York judge.
It's unclear when he might rule on Gotti's request to relinquish it.
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