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Edmund Sargus
1996 - Present
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Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. is a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He joined the court in 1996 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Sargus served as chief judge from January 1, 2015, to September 16, 2019. [1] [2]
Early life and education
A native of Wheeling, West Virginia, Sargus earned his bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1975 and his J.D. from Case Western University School of Law in 1978.[3]
Professional career
- 1996-Present: Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- 2015-2019: Chief judge
- 1993-1996: U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Ohio
- 1988-1991: City council, St. Clairesville, Ohio
- 1979-1993: Special counsel, Ohio attorney general
- 1978-1993: Private practice, Bellaire and St. Clairsville, Ohio[3]
Judicial career
Southern District of Ohio
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. |
| Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 213 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: December 22, 1995
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: May 2, 1996
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: May 9, 1996
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| Confirmed: July 22, 1996
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Sargus was nominated by President Bill Clinton on December 22, 1995, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio vacated by Judge Carl Rubin. The American Bar Association rated Sargus Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Sargus' nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 2, 1996, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on May 9, 1996. Sargus was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on July 22, 1996, and he received his commission on August 1, 1996. He has served as chief judge of the district court since January 1, 2015.[3][4][5]
Noteworthy cases
OH homeless voters consent decree (2008)
In 2006, the Ohio Legislature enacted a law specifying voter residence guidelines. Section 3503.02(I) of the law read:
| “ | If a person does not have a fixed place of habitation, but has a shelter or other location at which the person has been a consistent or regular inhabitant and to which the person has the intention of returning, that shelter or other location shall be deemed the person’s residence for the purpose of registering to vote.[6][7] | ” |
A consent decree signed by Judge Sargus on October 27, 2008, reinforced that residence locations other than buildings shall be deemed an acceptable address. A further clarification was issued on October 29, 2008, pointing out that the previous order did not modify the legislative statute in any way, and that the statute remained the governing law concerning voting by the homeless in Ohio.[8] Nevertheless, media reports indicated that Judge Sargus issued a ruling regulating what types of address the homeless may use, though the statute passed by the legislature already permitted the same. The order was essentially a legal formality, and was actually prepared and submitted to the court by lawyers for the Ohio Secretary of State.[8]
Signature deadlines for citizen-initiatives (2020)
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Sponsors of the Ohio Minimum Wage Increase Initiative and Ohio Voting Requirements Initiative filed a lawsuit asking for the signature deadline to be extended, the number of signatures required to be reduced, and permission to gather signatures online. On May 19, U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus ordered Ohio to accept electronic signatures from the ballot measure campaigns and extended the signature deadline from July 1 to July 31. Judge Sargus argued in his opinion that "these unique historical circumstances of a global pandemic and the impact of Ohio's Stay-at-Home Orders, the State's strict enforcement of the signature requirements for local initiatives and constitutional amendments severely burden Plaintiff's First Amendment rights." The judge's order applied only to the plaintiffs in the case.[9]
See also
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "Sargus takes reins as new chief judge in federal court," January 12, 2015
- ↑ "United States Courts", "Judicial Milestones," accessed Sept. 29, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Federal Judicial Center "Biography of Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.," accessed May 3, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 809 — Edmund A. Sargus Jr. — The Judiciary," accessed May 13, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed May 13, 2017
- ↑ Ohio Revised Code "3503.02(I)"
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Columbus Dispatch, "Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses," October 28, 2008
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "Federal judge orders Ohio to allow state issue campaigns to collect electronic petition signatures," May 20, 2020
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio 1996-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio
State courts:
Ohio Supreme Court • Ohio District Courts of Appeal • Ohio Courts of Common Pleas • Ohio County Courts • Ohio Municipal Courts • Ohio Court of Claims
State resources:
Courts in Ohio • Ohio judicial elections • Judicial selection in Ohio
