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Aida Delgado-Colon
2006 - Present
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Aida Delgado-Colon is a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Delgado-Colon joined the court in March 2006 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. Delgado-Colon became the chief judge on April 14, 2011.[1] She served in this position until 2018.[2]
Education
Delgado-Colon graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with her bachelor's degree in 1977 and later graduated from Catholic University of Puerto Rico with her J.D. degree in 1980.[3]
Professional career
- 2003-2004: Adjunct professor, Catholic University of Puerto Rico
- 1988-1993: First assistant federal public defender
- 1991: Acting federal public defender for the District of Puerto Rico
- 1982-1988: Assistant federal public defender for the District of Puerto Rico
- 1981-1982: Director of research and investigations, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- 1980-1981: Legal investigator, Department of Labor and Human Resources [3]
Judicial career
District of Puerto Rico
On the recommendation of the Puerto Rican at-large Congressional delegation, Delgado-Colon was nominated by George W. Bush on October 25, 2005, to a seat vacated when Salvador Casellas assumed senior status. Delgado-Colon was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 6, 2006, on unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on March 17, 2006.[4] She became the chief judge of the court on April 14, 2011, and served in this position until 2018.[1][2]
District of Puerto Rico, magistrate
Delgado-Colon began her judicial career as a federal magistrate judge for the District of Puerto Rico. Delgado-Colon was appointed to an eight-year term in 1993 and was re-appointed to another term in 2001. She served in that role until becoming an Article III judge in 2006.[3]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
- United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
External links
- United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
- Aida Delgado-Colon Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States Courts, Judicial Milestones, May 1, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Federal Judicial Center, "Delgado-Colon, Aida M.," accessed April 2, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Aida Delgado-Colon Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ THOMAS, "Nomination of Aida Delgado-Colon," May 14, 2009(Search for Aida Delgado-Colon)
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United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico 2006-Present |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gregory • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Moses • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
