“He lost this battle, but we hope he will still win the war.”
Eliot Lauer, a lawyer for Pollard, said he was disappointed with the ruling and said his attorneys were studying it.
Pollard was released from prison on parole in November after serving 30 years of a life sentence for spying for Israel. But his parole conditions prevent him from leaving his New York home after 7pm.
The filing, first reported Tuesday by the Daily Beast, was in response to a petition by Pollard’s lawyers to a Manhattan federal court to ease some of Pollard’s parole restrictions.
Pollard was paroled from prison after serving 30 years of a life sentence.
The US Parole Commission announced Tuesday that Pollard will be released from prison after serving 30 years of a life sentence on November 20.
Pollard has been serving a life sentence in a US prison since 1987.
President tells Israeli agent's wife that he will work to gain Pollard's release in upcoming meeting with Obama.