Jesse Furman

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
	Name: John Gerrard
	Court: Southern District of New York
Progress
	Confirmed 255 days after nomination.
	Nominated: June 7, 2011
	ABA Rating: Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified
	Questionnaire: Questionnaire
	Hearing: July 28, 2011
	QFRs: QFRs (Hover over QFRs to read more)
	Reported:
	Confirmed: February 17, 2012
	Vote: 62-34

Jesse Furman is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On June 7, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Furman to the Southern District of New York. He was confirmed by the Senate in February 2012.^[1]

Education

Born in New York City in 1972, Furman earned his B.A. at Harvard University in 1994 and went on to earn his J.D. from Yale Law School.^[1]

Professional career

2004-2012: United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
- 2009-2012: Chief appellate attorney
- 2007-2009: Counselor to the attorney general
- 2004-2007: Assistant attorney
2002-2003: Law clerk, Supreme Court Justice David Souter
2000-2002: Attorney, private practice
1999-2000: Law clerk, Judge Jose Cabranes
1998-1999: Law clerk, Judge Michael Mukasey^[1]

Judicial career

Southern District of New York

Furman was nominated by Barack Obama to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 7, 2011. He was nominated to the spot left vacant by Judge Alvin Hellerstein's retirement.^[2]

Furman was rated Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified by the American Bar Association. He had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 28, 2011, and you can find his Committee Questionnaire available here and his Questions for the Record available here.^[3]

On February 17, 2012, the United States Senate confirmed Furman to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York with a vote of 62-34.^[4]

Noteworthy cases

Federal judge rules Trump administration violated APA by adding citizenship question to census (2019)

Judge Jesse Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling in a consolidated case on January 15, 2019, holding that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by, in his view, not properly following APA procedure when including a question regarding citizenship status in the 2020 census.^[5]^[6]

Click here for a full timeline of legal challenges to the citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. Census.

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[fjc_bio-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Jesse Mathew Furman at the Federal Judicial Center

[2] White House Press Release, "President Obama Nominates Four to the United States District Court," June 7, 2011

[materials-3] United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Judicial Nomination Materials: 112th Congress," accessed February 21, 2014

[confirmations-4] United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Judicial Nominations and Confirmations: 112th Congress," accessed February 21, 2014

[route-5] Route Fifty, "Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration's Citizenship Question on Census," January 15, 2019

[case-6] United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, "State of New York, et al. v. United States Department of Commerce, et al. and New York Immigration Coalition, et al. v. United States Department of Commerce, et al." January 15, 2019

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Jesse Furman

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Federal judge rules Trump administration violated APA by adding citizenship question to census (2019)

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