Ellen Huvelle
| Ellen Huvelle | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Station: | D.C. |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 10/26/1999 - Present |
| Preceded by: | John Penn |
| Past post: | District of Columbia Superior Court |
| Past term: | 1990-1999 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1948 |
| Home State: | Boston, MA |
| Bachelors: | Wellsley College '70 |
| Law School: | Boston College '75 |
| Grad. School: | Yale School of Achitecture '72 (Masters) |
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Ellen Segal Huvelle is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She joined the court in 1999 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Huvelle graduated from Wellsley College with her Bachelor's degree in 1970 and later received Master's degree from the Yale University School of Achitecture in 1972. Huvelle graduated from Boston College School of Law with her Juris Doctor degree in 1975.[1]
Professional career
Huvelle was a law clerk for Massachusetts State Supreme Court Justice Edward Hennessey in the Massachusetts Supreme Court from 1975 to 1976 before entering private practice in Washington, D.C. until 1990. Huvelle was an Associate Judge in the District of Columbia Superior Court from 1990 to 1999 and also served as Lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law from 1997 to 1999.[1]
Judicial career
District of Columbia
Huvelle was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by President Bill Clinton on March 25, 1999, to a seat vacated by John Penn. Huvelle was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 15, 1999, on a Senate voice vote and received commission on October 26, 1999. [2]
Notable cases
The notable case section on this page needs to be reformatted.
FOIA Request lawsuit
On October 14, 2011, Judge Huvelle blocked a lawsuit filed by two conservative special interest groups, Judicial Watch and Media Research Center, after they were unsatisfied by Justice Department documents released after a Freedom of Information Act request. The groups say that the undisclosed material would include details to senior Justice Department meetings Kagan may have attended where legal strategy related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could have been discussed. Judge Huvelle dismissed the arguments saying, the "Plaintiffs' argument, that the topics within the FOIA request must have been discussed at these meetings and that records related to this must have existed, is simply conjecture and is therefore insufficient to justify a finding that the search was inadequate."[3] The full story can be found here.
Guantanamo detainees
Judge Huvelle on July 23, 2009, first ruled that Mohammed Jawad must be given a trial in federal court after being held in Guantanamo Bay for over seven years. [4]
The judge found in her July 23rd ruling that there was no basis for the Government to continue to hold Jawad in Guantanamo Bay.[4]
On July 30, 2009, Judge Huvelle ordered that Jawad should be released and returned to Afghanastan. [5]
The judge ordered that federal prosecutors have until August 6, 2009 to notify Congress that the prosecutors carried out her order.[5]
However, prosecutors will look for new evidence to start a new trial on Jawad[5].
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- Request for federal documents blocked by district court judge
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Judge Ellen Huvelle Federal Judicial Center Biography
- ↑ "THOMAS" Ellen Huvelle USDC, DC confirmation: PN180-106
- ↑ WIBW.com "Judge Blocks Release Of Government Documents Over Kagan's Role In Healthcare Law," October 14, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "New York Times" Government Might Allow U.S. Trial for Detainee, July 24, 2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Stateline.com" Federal Judge Orders Release Of Young Gitmo Inmate , July 30, 2009
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