Richard Caputo
A. Richard Caputo was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He joined the court in 1997 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). Caputo assumed senior status on March 31, 2009, and ended his service when he died on March 11, 2020.
Early life and education
A native of Portchester, New York, Caputo graduated from Brown University with his bachelor's degree in 1960 and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School with his LL.B. in 1963.[1]
Military service
Caputo served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1967.[1]
Professional career
- 1997-2020: United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- 2009-2020: Senior judge
- 1997-2009: Judge
- 1968-1997: Private practice, Kingston, Pa.
- 1968: Assistant public defender, Luzerne County, Pa.
- 1963-1964: Private practice, Wilkes Barre, Pa.[1]
Judicial career
Middle District of Pennsylvania
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: A. Richard Caputo |
| Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 101 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: July 31, 1997
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| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: September 5, 1997
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: November 6, 1997
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| Confirmed: November 9, 1997
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Caputo was nominated by President Bill Clinton on July 31, 1997, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania vacated by Richard Conaboy. The American Bar Association rated Caputo Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Caputo's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 5, 1997, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on November 6, 1997. Caputo was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on November 9, 1997, and he received his commission on November 12, 1997. Caputo elected to take senior status beginning on March 31, 2009. He ended his service on March 11, 2020, when he died. Caputo was succeeded in this position by Judge Malachy Mannion.[1][2][3]
Noteworthy cases
Former district judge sentenced for theft of fed. funds (2009)
- See also: United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (United States, v. Karen Holly, 3:02-ra-06000)
- See also: United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (United States, v. Karen Holly, 3:02-ra-06000)
On November 24, 2009, Judge Caputo sentenced former Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, District Judge Karen Holly to thirty days in a halfway house for stealing $6,300 from the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority in a month. Holly was the third former judge to face corruption charges in 2009 in a federal court.[4]
See also
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge A. Richard Caputo," accessed May 23, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 499 — A. Richard Caputo — The Judiciary," accessed May 23, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 105th Congress," accessed May 23, 2017
- ↑ The Scranton Times-Tribune, "Former Luzerne County judge sentenced for theft," November 24, 2009
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Richard Conaboy |
Middle District of Pennsylvania 1997–2009 Seat #4 |
Succeeded by: Malachy Mannion
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| 1993 |
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| 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:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania Superior Court • Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court • Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas • Pennsylvania Magisterial Districts
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