John Antoon
John Antoon II is an Article III federal judge serving on senior status for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He joined the court in 2000 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. He assumed senior status on June 3, 2013.
Prior to nomination, Antoon was an appellate court judge for the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal.[1]
Education
Antoon graduated from Florida Southern College with his bachelor's degree in 1968 and earned his juris doctorate from the Florida State University College of Law in 1971. Antoon later received a master's degree from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1993.[1]
Professional career
- 2000-Present: Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- 1995-2000: Judge, Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal
- 1985-1995: Judge, Florida 18th Circuit Court
- 1972-1976: Part-time assistant public defender, Florida 18th Circuit Court
- 1971-1972: Part-time prosecutor, Cocoa, Florida
- 1971-1984: Attorney in private practice, Florida[1]
Judicial career
Middle District of Florida
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Bob Graham, Antoon was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 9, 2000, to a seat vacated by Kendall Sharp. Sharp assumed senior status.[1] Antoon was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 24, 2000, and received commission on May 31, 2000. On June 3, 2013, Judge John Antoon assumed senior status for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, where he had served for over 13 years.[2]
Noteworthy cases
Child pornographer receives life in prison (2015)
In 2013, Brevard County Sheriff’s Agent Michael Spadafora began an investigation after he saw an advertisement on Craigslist. The advert was posted by Michael Glenn Glascock; Agent Spadafora communicated with Glascock by phone and e-mail. It was during these conversations that Glascock admitted to having sexually abused an infant and offered to help Spadafora find a child for similar purposes. Glascock was arrested and charged with online sexual enticement of a minor and sexual exploitation of a child for the purpose of producing child pornography. He was convicted of both crimes, and on February 12, 2015, he was sentenced by Judge John Antoon to life in prison.
Images of Glascock engaging in sexual acts with the child were found in his home and on his electronic devices. The victim was located and received the necessary medical attention.
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See also
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Kendall Sharp |
Middle District of Florida 2000–2013 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Carlos E. Mendoza
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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 | ||
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