James Emanuel Boasberg
b. 1963 · San Francisco, CA
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | Judge | Barack Obama (Democratic) | Mar 17, 2011 | — |
Education
- Yale College, B.A., 1985
- University of Oxford, M.St., 1986
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1990
Professional Career
Law clerk, Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1990-1991; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1991-1994; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1995-1996; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1996-2002; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2023-present
Other Federal Judicial Service
- Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 2002-2011
- Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2014-2021; presiding judge, 2020-2021
- Judge, Alien Terrorist Removal Court, 2020-2025; chief judge, 2020-2025
Opinions on This Site
76 opinions from 2012 to 2019
- Cable News Network, Inc. v. Fed. Bureau of Investigation 2019
- Stewart v. Azar 2019
- Dahman v. Embassy Of Qatar 2019
- Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Wash. v. Wheeler 2019
- Am. Ctr. for Law & Justice v. U.S. Dep't of State 2018
- Camara v. Mastro's Rests. LLC 2018
- Ctr. for Responsible Sci. v. Gottlieb 2018
- Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Ross 2018
- Cares Cmty. Health v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. 2018
- Niskanen Ctr., Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Energy 2018
- Cause of Action Inst. v. U.S. Dep't of Justice 2018
- Montgomery v. Internal Revenue Serv. 2018
- Dreiband v. Nielsen 2018
- Thorp v. Dist. of Columbia 2018
- Ngonga v. Sessions 2018
- Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Wash. v. Pruitt 2018
- Wild Horse Freedom Fed'n v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior 2018
- Johnson v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth. 2018
- Powell v. Internal Revenue Serv. 2018
- Powell v. U.S. Dep't of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control 2018
- Damus v. Nielsen 2018
- Stewart v. Azar 2018
- Vetcher v. Sessions 2018
- Laverpool v. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev. 2018
- Lewis v. Dist. of Columbia 2018
- Dial v. Kane 2018
- Kearns v. Fed. Aviation Admin. 2018
- Asnake v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. 2018
- Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Ross 2018
- Ctr. for Responsible Sci. v. Gottlieb 2018
- Ass'n of Indep. Sch. of Greater Wash. v. Dist. of Columbia 2018
- Prop. of the People v. U.S. Dep't of Justice 2018
- Petworth Holdings, LLC v. Bowser 2018
- Grant v. Entm't Cruises, Inc. 2018
- Albra v. U.S. Dep't of Educ. 2018
- Stewart v. Azar 2018
- Hudson v. Am. Fed'n of Gov't Emps. 2018
- Prince v. Acheson 2018
- Negley v. U.S. Dep't of Justice 2018
- Morris v. Pruitt 2018
- Chin-Ten Hsu v. New Mighty U.S. Trust 2018
- Hudson v. Am. Fed'n of Gov't Emps. 2018
- Trudel v. Suntrust Bank 2018
- Chase v. U.S. Dep't of Justice 2018
- Cable News Network, Inc. v. Fed. Bureau of Investigation 2018
- Montgomery v. Internal Revenue Serv. 2018
- Yung-Kai Lu v. Tillerson 2018
- Aishat v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec. 2018
- Chin-Ten Hsu v. New Mighty U.S. Trust 2018
- Caires v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. 2018
- Cable News Network, Inc. v. Fed. Bureau of Investigation 2018
- Am. Ctr. for Law & Justice v. U.S. Dep't of State 2018
- Adams ex rel. T.J. v. Dist. of Columbia 2018
- Trudel v. SunTrust Bank 2018
- Tower Labs., Ltd. v. Lush Cosmetics Ltd. 2018
- McMullen v. Synchrony Bank 2018
- Mills v. Hayden 2018
- Jefferson v. Harris 2018
- Kimberly-Clark Corp. v. Dist. of Columbia 2017
- Grant v. Entm't Cruises, Inc. 2017
- Nat'l Venture Capital Ass'n v. Duke 2017
- Kaupthing Ehf. v. Bricklayers & Trowel Trades Int'l Pension Fund Liquidation Portfolio 2017
- Upshaw v. Progressive Ins. Co. 2017
- Sharp Corp. v. Hisense USA Corp. 2017
- Hudson v. Am. Fed'n of Gov't Emps. 2017
- Lewis v. Gov't of the D.C. 2017
- Grant v. Entm't Cruises, Inc. 2017
- Pitts v. Howard University 2014
- Blake v. Securitas Security Services, Inc. 2013
- Virtue v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Retirement & Family Protection Plan 2013
- Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' Int'l Ass'n of the U.S. & Canada, AFL-CIO v. Pullman Shared Sys. Tech., Inc. 2012
- Alford v. Defense Intelligence Agency 2012
- Himmelstein v. Comcast of the District, L.L.C. 2012
- Thornton-Bey v. Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys 2012
- Powers v. Donley 2012
- Rodriguez v. Shulman 2012