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The Federal Public Defender's Office represents individuals who cannot afford to hire a lawyer in federal criminal cases and related matters. The office is assigned to cases by the district courts in three districts (New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts), and by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Pages in category "Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The following is a list of all current judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia .
From 1992 to 2005, Guzman served as a public defender for the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services. She was a sole practitioner in Worcester, Massachusetts , from 2005 to 2009. From 2009 to 2017, she served as a judge on Dudley District Court . [ 4 ]
Angel Kelley U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. On May 12, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Kelley to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to the seat vacated by Judge Douglas P. Woodlock, who assumed senior status on June 1, 2015.
In 2005, he was appointed as a United States magistrate judge in the District of Massachusetts, becoming chief United States magistrate judge in 2012. [1]On December 19, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Sorokin to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, to the seat vacated by Judge Joseph L. Tauro, who assumed senior ...
On April 28, 1992, Gorton was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts created by Section 203(a)(14) of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–650, 104 Stat. 5100).
The district courts were established by Congress under Article III of the United States Constitution. The courts hear civil and criminal cases, and each is paired with a bankruptcy court. [2] Appeals from the district courts are made to one of the 13 courts of appeals, organized geographically. The number of district courts in a court of ...