John D. Bates
b. 1946 · Elizabeth, NJ
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | Judge | George W. Bush (Republican) | Dec 14, 2001 | — |
Education
- Wesleyan University, B.A., 1968
- University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law), J.D., 1976
Professional Career
U.S. Army first lieutenant, 1968-1971; Law clerk, Hon. Roszel C. Thomsen, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1976-1977; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1977-1980, 1998-2001; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1980-1997; chief, Civil Division, 1987-1997; Deputy independent counsel, Whitewater investigation, 1995-1997; Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 2013-2015; Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 2013-2015
Other Federal Judicial Service
- Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2006-2013; presiding judge, 2009-2013
Opinions on This Site
60 opinions from 2010 to 2019
- Murphy v. Dist. of Columbia 2019
- New York v. U.S. Dept. Of Labor 2019
- Stein v. U.S. S.E.C. 2019
- United States v. Gamarra 2018
- Reyes v. Sessions 2018
- Walsh Constr. Co. v. U.S. Sur. Co. 2018
- Shvartser v. Lekser 2018
- United States v. All Assets Held in Account No. XXXXXXXX 2018
- Moore v. Carson 2018
- Nat'l Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Trump 2018
- United States v. Kingsbury 2018
- United States v. All Assets Held in Account No. XXXXXXXX 2018
- Jafarzadeh v. Nielsen 2018
- Nat'l Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Trump 2018
- Envtl. Integrity Project v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency 2018
- United States v. Carr 2018
- United States v. Johnson 2018
- U.S. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Analytica Bio-Energy Corp. 2018
- Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs 2018
- United States v. Fernandez 2018
- United States v. Ayers 2018
- United States v. Fernandez 2018
- United States v. Johnson 2018
- Nat'l Ass'n v. Trump 2018
- United States v. Henriquez 2018
- Shvartser v. Lekser 2018
- United States v. Gamarra 2018
- Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc. v. Envtl. Prot. Agency 2018
- Rhodes v. Superior Court of the D.C. 2018
- Maalouf v. Islamic Republic of Iran 2018
- Sheikh v. Republic of the Sudan 2018
- Sandvig v. Sessions 2018
- Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs 2018
- Garcia v. Exec. Office for U.S. Attorneys 2018
- United States v. All Assets Held in Account No. XXXXXXXX, in the Name of Doraville Props. Corp. 2018
- Shvartser v. Lekser 2018
- Callaway v. Berryhill 2018
- Shvartser v. Lekser 2018
- Seanlim Yith v. Kirstjen Nielsen 2018
- Ofisi v. BNP Paribas, S.A. 2018
- Jon Sanchez v. Robert Elizondo 2018
- Paralyzed Veterans of Am. v. U.S. Dep't of Transp. 2017
- Amduso v. Republic of Sudan 2017
- AARP v. U.S. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n 2017
- United States v. John Howe, II 2017
- Merriweather Franklin v. Nancy Berryhill 2017
- Scahill v. Dist. of Columbia 2017
- Jimmy Kuang v. Bel Air Mart 2017
- Environmental Integrity Project v. McCarthy 2016
- Guttenberg v. Emery 2014
- Taylor v. Shinseki 2014
- American Forest Resource Council v. Ashe 2014
- Feld v. Fireman's Fund Insurance 2013
- Gauer v. Gallaudet University 2013
- Conservation Force v. Salazar 2013
- Georgacarakos v. Federal Bureau of Investigation 2012
- In re Douglas 2012
- Sibley v. Obama 2012
- Lesane v. Winter 2011
- Azamar v. Stern 2010