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Julio Fuentes
2016 - Present
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Julio M. Fuentes is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. He joined the court in 2000 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Fuentes graduated from Southern Illinois University with his bachelor's degree in 1971, from New York University with a master's degree in 1972, and from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School with his J.D. in 1975. Fuentes earned a second master's degree from Rutgers University in 1993.[1]
Professional career
- 2000-present: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- 2016-present: Senior judge
- 2000-2016: Judge
- 1987-2000: Judge, New Jersey Superior Court
- 1979-1987: Judge, Newark Municipal Court
- 1975-1981: Private practice, Newark, N.J.[1]
Judicial career
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Julio M. Fuentes |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 365 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: March 8, 1999
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| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: February 22, 2000
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: March 2, 2000
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| Confirmed: March 7, 2000
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| Vote: 93-0
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Fuentes was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit by President Bill Clinton on March 8, 1999, to a seat vacated by Robert Cowen, as Cowen assumed senior status. The American Bar Association rated Fuentes Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified with two abstentions.[2] Hearings on Fuentes' nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 22, 2000, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on March 2, 2000. Fuentes was confirmed on a recorded 93-0 vote of the U.S. Senate on March 7, 2000, and he received his commission on March 9, 2000. Fuentes assumed senior status on July 18, 2016.[1][3]
Noteworthy cases
Delaware sports betting case (2009)
Judge Fuentes was part of a three judge panel led by Thomas Hardiman which presided over a case about whether the State of Delaware has legal standing to expand sports betting. The panel ruled on September 1, 2009, that the State of Delaware can offer sports betting on parlays (multiple games), but ruled that betting on individual games including football, basketball, and hockey is illegal under federal law. The ruling from the Third Circuit affirmed Judge Greg Sleet's ruling that Delaware was limited to offering sports betting for multiple games. This is consistent with a 1976 law that outlaws wagering on individual games.[4]
Judge Fuentes joined Judges Thomas Hardiman and Theodore McKee on the three judge panel.[5]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed July 14, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 106th Congress," accessed July 14, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 126 - Julio M. Fuentes - The Judiciary," accessed July 14, 2016
- ↑ Recentpoker.com, "U.S. Court cuts back on Delaware sports betting plans," September 1, 2009
- ↑ United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, "Ruling of In re Commissioner of Baseball, et al. v. Jack Markell, et al.," September 1, 2009
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Cowen |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 2000–2016 |
Succeeded by: Paul Matey
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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 | ||
