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Rudolph Contreras
Rudolph Contreras (born December 6, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He served as Presiding Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2021 to 2023.
In December 2017 he briefly presided over the case of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, accepting Flynn's guilty plea, but was later recused from the case.
Contreras was born in 1962 in Staten Island, New York. His parents were immigrants from Cuba, and he grew up in Miami.
Contreras graduated from Florida State University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science. From 1985 to 1988, he worked for the Miami Herald as an account executive. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School, graduating in 1991 with a Juris Doctor and Order of the Coif honors.
From 1991 to 1994, Contreras was an associate at Jones Day. In 1994 he was a government attorney in the District of Columbia. From 1994 to 2012, he served as an assistant United States attorney, in the District of Columbia from 1994 to 2003 and in the District of Delaware and as chief of the civil division from 2003 to 2006. He returned as an AUSA to the District of Columbia from 2006 to 2012, serving concurrently as chief of the civil division.
On July 28, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Contreras to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to replace Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, who assumed senior status in 2011. On October 4, 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination and on November 3, 2011, reported his nomination to the floor of the Senate. On March 22, 2012, the Senate confirmed Contreras in a voice vote. He received his commission on March 23, 2012.
In April 2016 Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Contreras to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a term starting May 19, 2016. On May 19, 2021, Contreras was named the Presiding Judge.
On November 17, 2016, Contreras dismissed a lawsuit against U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seeking to compel a vote on the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland, finding that the plaintiff, who had simply said he was a voter, had no standing to sue.
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Rudolph Contreras
Rudolph Contreras (born December 6, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He served as Presiding Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2021 to 2023.
In December 2017 he briefly presided over the case of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, accepting Flynn's guilty plea, but was later recused from the case.
Contreras was born in 1962 in Staten Island, New York. His parents were immigrants from Cuba, and he grew up in Miami.
Contreras graduated from Florida State University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science. From 1985 to 1988, he worked for the Miami Herald as an account executive. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School, graduating in 1991 with a Juris Doctor and Order of the Coif honors.
From 1991 to 1994, Contreras was an associate at Jones Day. In 1994 he was a government attorney in the District of Columbia. From 1994 to 2012, he served as an assistant United States attorney, in the District of Columbia from 1994 to 2003 and in the District of Delaware and as chief of the civil division from 2003 to 2006. He returned as an AUSA to the District of Columbia from 2006 to 2012, serving concurrently as chief of the civil division.
On July 28, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Contreras to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to replace Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, who assumed senior status in 2011. On October 4, 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination and on November 3, 2011, reported his nomination to the floor of the Senate. On March 22, 2012, the Senate confirmed Contreras in a voice vote. He received his commission on March 23, 2012.
In April 2016 Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Contreras to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a term starting May 19, 2016. On May 19, 2021, Contreras was named the Presiding Judge.
On November 17, 2016, Contreras dismissed a lawsuit against U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seeking to compel a vote on the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland, finding that the plaintiff, who had simply said he was a voter, had no standing to sue.