U.S. Judge Denies ‘Occupy’ Request to Allow Courthouse Rally

A group calling itself “Occupy the Courts” lost a bid to force the U.S. to issue a permit for a rally outside a New York federal courthouse tomorrow.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan today denied a last-minute request by the group and by Jarret Wolfman, an organizer of the rally, for a court order compelling the U.S. General Services Administration to allow it to take place tomorrow outside the courthouse, on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan.