James S. Moody
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| James S. Moody | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #14 |
| Station: | Tampa Bay, FL |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 7/28/2000 - Present |
| Preceded by: | 113 Stat. 1501 |
| Past post: | Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Florida |
| Past term: | 1995-2000 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1947 |
| Home State: | Tampa, FL |
| Undergraduate: | U. of Florida, B.A., 1969 |
| Law School: | U. of Florida Law, J.D., 1972 |
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Early life and education
A native of Florida, Moody graduated from the University of Florida graduating with both his Bachelor's and Juris Doctorate Degrees in 1969 and 1972.[1]
Professional career
Moody spent his entire pre-judicial legal career as a Private practice attorney licensed in the State of Florida from 1972 to 1994 before being appointed Circuit Court Judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida from 1995 till his appointment to the Federal Bench in 2000.[1]
Judicial career
Middle District of Florida
On the recommendation of Senator Bob Graham, Moody was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 8, 2000 to a new judgeship created by 113 Stat. 1501 which was approved by Congress. Moody was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 21, 2000 on a senate vote and received commission on July 28, 2000.[1]
Notable cases
Cable providers sue piracy software distributor
| United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida *Dish Network L.L.C., et al. v. Robert Ward 8:08-cv-590-T-30TBM |
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| On January 11, 2010, Judge Moody ruled in favor of Dish Network after finding a man responsible for pirating Dish Network's signal.[2]
The judge found that Ward distributed over 255,000 pirated downloads of software which allowed Dish Network customers to bypass security mechanisms in Dish products which limit access to content.[2] Moody also ordered an injunction against Ward to prevent future wrongful conduct.[2] |
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Middle District of Florida 2000–Current Seat #14 |
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 • 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 | ||
