Naomi Buchwald
2012 - Present
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Naomi Reice Buchwald is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She joined the court in 1999 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
A native of Kingston, New York, Buchwald graduated from Brandeis University with her bachelor's degree in 1965 and from Columbia Law School with her LL.B. in 1968.[1]
Professional career
- 2012 - Present: Senior judge
- 1999-2012: Judge
- 1980-1999: Magistrate judge
- 1994-1999: Chief magistrate judge
- 1973-1980: Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York
- 1968-1973: Private practice, New York, N.Y.[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of New York
Buchwald was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 12, 1999, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum. The American Bar Association rated Buchwald Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Buchwald's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 29, 1999, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) the same day. Buchwald was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on September 13, 1999, and she received her commission on September 22, 1999. Buchwald elected to take senior status beginning on March 21, 2012. She was succeeded in this position by Analisa Torres.[1][2][3]
Magistrate judge, Southern District of New York
From 1980 to 1999, Buchwald served as a federal magistrate judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. From 1994 to 1999, she served as the chief magistrate judge of the district court.[1]
Noteworthy cases
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Naomi Reice Buchwald |
| Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 213 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: February 12, 1999
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: July 29, 1999
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: July 29, 1999
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| Confirmed: September 13, 1999
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| Vote: Voice vote
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New York assemblyman corruption case (2010)
- See also: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (United States v. Anthony Seminerio, US Si 08 CR 1238)
- See also: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (United States v. Anthony Seminerio, US Si 08 CR 1238)
Judge Buchwald was the presiding judge in the case of former New York Assembly member Anthony Seminerio. Seminerio was convicted in federal court for illegally directing $1 million of payments towards individuals and contractors doing business with state government. On February 4, 2010, Judge Buchwald sentenced Seminerio to six years in prison.[4]
Lawsuit challenging President Trump blocking critics on Twitter
- See also: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Knight Institute v. Trump, 1:17-cv-05205)
- See also: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Knight Institute v. Trump, 1:17-cv-05205)
Judge Buchwald ruled on May 23, 2018, that President Trump violated the First Amendment when blocking critics on Twitter. Buchwald did not order Trump to stop blocking critics, writing, "A declaratory judgment should be sufficient, as no government official—including the President—is above the law, and all government officials are presumed to follow the law as has been declared."
The case was brought in 2017 by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University along with seven individuals that had been blocked from the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account. They argued that the @realDonaldTrump account was a public forum, "meaning that the government cannot exclude people from it simply because of their views." Knight Institute Executive Director Jameel Jaffer said in a statement, "The president's practice of blocking critics on Twitter is pernicious and unconstitutional, and we hope this ruling will bring it to an end." A spokeswoman for the Department of Justice, Kerri Kupec, said, "We respectfully disagree with the court's decision and are considering our next steps."[5][6]
See also
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald," accessed July 10, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 105 — Naomi Reice Buchwald — The Judiciary," accessed July 10, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 106th Congress," accessed July 10, 2017
- ↑ The New York Times, "Ex-Assemblyman From Queens Gets Six-Year Term for Influence Peddling," February 4, 2010
- ↑ The New York Times, "Judge: President Can't Block Critics on Twitter," May 23, 2018
- ↑ 'Knight First Amendment Institute, "Knight Institute v. Trump — Lawsuit Challenging President Trump's Blocking of Critics on Twitter," accessed May 24, 2018
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum |
Southern District of New York 1999–2012 |
Succeeded by: Analisa Torres
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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:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York
State courts:
New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts
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