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Jay Zainey
2002 - Present
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Jay C. Zainey (b. 1951) is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.[1]
Early life and education
A Louisiana native, Zainey graduated from the University of New Orleans with his bachelor's degree in 1972 and later graduated from the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge with his J.D. in 1975. Zainey served in the US Air Force Reserve from 1970 to 1976.[1]
Professional career
Zainey was a law clerk for a Louisiana private practice firm from 1974 to 1975 before serving as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Louisiana from 1976 to 2002.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Louisiana
Zainey was nominated by President George W. Bush on October 10, 2001, to a seat vacated by A.J. McNamara. Zainey was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 11, 2002 on a Senate vote and received his commission on February 14, 2002.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Recusal request in Catholic School case (2011)
- See also: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (The St. Joseph Society of the Sacred Heart, Inc., v. Troy Davillier, et al., 2:11-cv-01616-JCZ-KWR)
- See also: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (The St. Joseph Society of the Sacred Heart, Inc., v. Troy Davillier, et al., 2:11-cv-01616-JCZ-KWR)
Judge Jay Zainey has been requested to recuse himself from a case involving the ousting of Father John Raphael as president of the St. Augustine High School. Father Raphael was forced out of his position by the Josephite order, the order that controls St. Augustine. Father Raphael and supporters, including parents and activists, said that Judge Zainey should have recused himself from the case because of his "personal relationship" with the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The group claimed that he had already shown a bias by granting a temporary restraining order to the Josephites.[2]
See also
External links
- Judge Zainey's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- WDSU.com, "Judge Rules In Favor Of Occupy NOLA Protesters," December 6, 2011
Footnotes
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| Preceded by - |
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 2002-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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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 | ||
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