John D. Bates

John Deacon Bates
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Assumed office
October 12, 2014
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
December 14, 2001  October 12, 2014
Appointed by George W. Bush
Preceded by Stanley S. Harris
Succeeded by Seat abolished on October 12, 2014 pursuant to 104 Stat. 5089
Personal details
Born (1946-10-11) October 11, 1946
Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater Wesleyan University B.A.
University of Maryland School of Law J.D.
Profession U.S. federal judge

John Deacon Bates (born October 11, 1946), is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in December 2001, and has adjudicated in several cases directly affecting the office of the President. On June 11, 2013, Chief Justice John Roberts named Bates to serve as Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, effective July 1, 2013.[1] He took senior status on October 12, 2014.

Personal

Bates was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He received a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1968, and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1976. From 1968 to 1971, he served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army.[2]

He and his wife Carol Ann Rhees, also a former lawyer with Steptoe & Johnson LLP, live in Bethesda, Maryland. They have three children.

Career

Bates was a law clerk for Judge Roszel C. Thomsen of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland from 1976 to 1977 and was an associate at Steptoe & Johnson from 1977 to 1980. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1980 to 1987, and was Chief of the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office from 1987 to 1997. Judge Bates was on detail as Deputy Independent Counsel for the Whitewater investigation from 1995 to mid-1997. In 1998, he joined the Washington law firm of Miller & Chevalier, where he was Chair of the Government Contracts/Litigation Department and a member of the Executive Committee. From September 1995 until leaving in March 1997, Bates worked as Deputy Independent Counsel for Kenneth Starr and the Independent Counsel's office during the investigation into President Bill Clinton.

On September 4, 2001, Bates was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, vacated by Stanley S. Harris. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 2001, and received his commission on December 14, 2001.[2]

Bates has served on the Advisory Committee for Procedures of the D.C. Circuit and on the Civil Justice Reform Committee for the District Court, and as Treasurer of the District of Columbia Bar, Chairman of the Publications Committee of the D.C. Bar, and Chairman of the Litigation Section of the Federal Bar Association. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. In 2005, he was appointed by Chief Justice William Rehnquist to serve on the Judicial Conference of the United States' Committee on Court Administration and Case Management.

In February 2006, he was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to serve as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court).[3] [4]

Notable rulings

Notes

  1. "Supreme Court of the United States". Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 John D. Bates at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. John D. Bates official biography
  4. John Shiffman, Kristina Cooke (2013-06-21). "The judges who preside over America's secret court". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-07-01. Twelve of the 14 judges who have served this year on the most secret court in America are Republicans and half are former prosecutors.
  5. Innovator Enterprises Inc v Jones courtlistener.com, 10 March 2014
  6. https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/1118/CLEANEDPRTT%202.pdf
  7. Wheeler, Marcy (November 20, 2013). "John Bates’ TWO Wiretapping Warnings: Why the Government Took Its Internet Dragnet Collection Overseas". emptywheel.net. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  8. Suit Over Targeted Killings Is Thrown Out. New York Times. 07 December 2010.
  9. Judge Rules White House Aides Can Be Subpoenaed. Associated Press via New York Times. July 31, 2008.
  10. Text of Committee on the Judiciary v. Meiers from US Courts website. Accessed July 31, 2008.
  11. GAO Cites Corporate Shaping of Energy Plan. Washington Post. August 26, 2003. A1.
  12. John D. Bates Appointed to the FISA Court. Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved on March 24, 2006

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Preceded by
Stanley S. Harris
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
2001–2014
Succeeded by
seat abolished
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