John Walter
| John Walter | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #10 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 5/1/2002 - Present |
| Preceded by: | John Davies |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1944 |
| Home State: | Buffalo, NY |
| Bachelors: | Loyola U. of Los Angeles, B.A., 1966 |
| Law School: | Loyola U. of Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 1969 |
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John F. Walter is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.[1]
Early life and education
Walter graduated from Loyola-Marymount with his Bachelor's Degree in 1966 and with his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1969.[1]
Professional career
Walter became a private practice attorney licensed in the State of California from 1969 to 1970 and from 1972 to 2002. Walter also joined the US Attorney's Office as Assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California from 1970 to 1972. [1]
Judicial career
Central District of California
Walter was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002 to a seat vacated by John Davies. Walter was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2002 on a unopposed 99-0-1 vote and received commission on May 1, 2002[2]. [1]
Notable cases
Beat.com case
| United States District Court for the Central District of California *Capitol Records, LLC et al v. Bluebeat Inc. et al 2:09-cv-08030-JST -JC |
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| Judge Walter was the presiding judge in a lawsuit involving the music website BlueBeat.com. The judge on November 5, 2009 issued a restraining order on the music website on selling songs from the legendary music group The Beatles. EMI, which holds the rights to the Beatles, alleged the website illegally sold Beatles songs. [3] In March 2011, BlueBeat.com agreed to pay over $1 million to EMI in a settlement. [4] |
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Walter's Biography at the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ "THOMAS" Nomination of John Walter, February 16, 2009
- ↑ "TopNews" Federal judge temporarily restrains Beat.com from selling or streaming Beatles songs, November 6, 2009
- ↑ Billboard.com, "BlueBeat.com to Pay EMI Nearly $1 Million for Illegally Selling Beatles Hits," March 29, 2011
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Davies |
Central District of California 2002–Current Seat #10 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
