Joseph Bataillon
Joseph F. Bataillon is an Article III federal judge on senior status for the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. He joined the court in 1997 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Bataillon served as the chief judge of the court from 2004 to 2011. He assumed senior status effective October 3, 2014.[1]
Education
Bataillon graduated from Creighton University in Omaha with both his bachelor's and J.D. degrees in 1971 and 1974.[2]
Professional career
Bataillon began his legal career as a deputy public defender for indigent clients in Douglas County from 1974 to 1980. From 1980 to 1997, he worked in private practice.[2]
Judicial career
District of Nebraska
On the recommendation of Senator Bob Kerrey, Bataillon was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 7, 1997, to a seat vacated by Judge Lyle Strom, as Strom took senior status. Bataillion was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 11, 1997, on a unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on September 18, 1997.[2][3] He assumed senior status on October 3, 2014.[4]
Noteworthy cases
Out-of-state petitions signers ruling (2011)
- See also: United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (Citizens in Charge v. Gale, No. 4:09CV3255)
- See also: United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (Citizens in Charge v. Gale, No. 4:09CV3255)
In 2011, Judge Bataillon presided over a case where the difficulty of collecting signatures for petitions was in question. Bataillon ruled that a law that required petitions only be circulated by Nebraska citizens of at least age 18, to be unconstitutional. The ruling allowed people from outside of Nebraska to collect signatures for a petition. The case stemmed from petitions that were aimed at recalling Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle.[5]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
- News: Federal Judge Speaks About Judicial Vacancies, April 15, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ United States District Court District of Nebraska, Press Release: "United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon Announces Retirement to Senior Status," September 23, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bataillon Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ THOMAS, "Nomination of Joseph Bataillon", June 1, 2009
- ↑ Omaha, "U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Bataillon announces retirement plans," September 23, 2013
- ↑ Nebraska Watchdog, "Ruling Makes Ballot Fights in Nebraska A Bit Easier," August 31, 2011
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Lyle Strom |
District of Nebraska 1997–2014 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: NA
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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:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nebraska • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nebraska
State courts:
Nebraska Supreme Court • Nebraska Court of Appeals • Nebraska District Courts • Nebraska County Courts • Nebraska Separate Juvenile Courts • Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court • Nebraska Problem-Solving Courts
State resources:
Courts in Nebraska • Nebraska judicial elections • Judicial selection in Nebraska
