This terrorism case involved FBI agent Robert Fuller as the handler of informant Shahed Hussain.

"[8] In 2019, McMahon rejected a bid for compassionate early release by convicted fraudster Samuel Israel III, agreeing he had serious health problems but also stating early released would "make a mockery of the sentencing statue" given Israel's serious crimes and privileged background.

[9] McMahon ruled in December 2021 that a bankruptcy judge did not have authority to give the Sackler family immunity in civil liability cases related to their involvement in Purdue Pharma.

[10] In February 2023, Judge McMahon criticized the New York City Department of Corrections for failing to promptly provide information on the identities of staffers who may have been involved in activities described in a class action lawsuit over substandard conditions and illegal detentions at Rikers Island.

""There is no agency that ... has been a more troublesome litigant in terms of, and you will excuse my language, 'F--- you, judge, I'll do what I want' in that period than DOC,” McMahon said in open court.