Reggie Walton
| Reggie Walton | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Station: | D.C. |
| Alternative court: | United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court |
| Alternative term: | 5/19/2007 - 5/18/2014 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Approval vote: | 97-0-3 |
| Active: | 9/24/2001 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Stanley Sporkin |
| Past post: | Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
| Past term: | 1991-2001 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1949 |
| Home State: | North Charleroi, PA |
| Bachelors: | West Virginia State College '71 |
| Law School: | American U. Law '74 |
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Reggie B. Walton is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He joined the court in 2001 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. [1] Walton also serves on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. His term runs from May 19, 2007 until May 18, 2014.[2]
Early life and education
Walton graduated from West Virginia State College with his Bachelor's Degree in 1971 and later graduated from the American University Washington College of Law with his Juris doctorate in 1974.[1]
Professional career
Walton became a staff attorney for the Defender Association of Philadelphia from 1974-1976 before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office as Assistant U.S. attorney and executive assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia from 1976 to 1981. In 1981, Walton became Associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia until 1989 when he was nominated by President George W. Bush as Associate director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and served in that role until 1991 when President George W. Bush named Walton Senior White House Advisor for Crime. After serving in the White House, Walton became Associate judge in Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 2001.[1]
Judicial career
District of Columbia
Walton was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on September 4, 2001 to a seat vacated by Stanley Sporkin as Sporkin assumed senior status. Walter was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 21, 2001, on a unopposed 97-0-3 vote and received commission on September 24, 2001 [3].[1]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Walton also concurrently serves on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. He was appointed on May 19, 2007 and his term will end on May 18, 2014.[4]
Notable cases
Roger Clemens perjury trial
| United States District Court for the District of Columbia *[ US v. Clemens] |
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| Baseball legend Roger Clemens was found not guilty by a jury in his federal perjury trial last Monday. The jury found him not guilty of all six charges, including all 13 acts of obstruction that were alleged by the government.[5] The trial was referred to as a witch-hunt by Clemens’ defense team.[6]
Indicted in 2010, “The Rocket” was charged with three counts of making false statements, two counts of perjury, and one count of obstruction of Congress The obstruction charge stemmed from Clemens’ 2008 testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which was investigating the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sports.[6]
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See also
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- News: Clemens found not guilty on all counts, June 24, 2012
External links
- Judge Walton's Webpage at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- ABA Journal, "Judge in Roger Clemens Trial Snaps at Defense Lawyer, Blasts His Intimidating Look," June 7, 2012
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Reggie Walton Biography on the FJC
- ↑ Current Judges of the FISC
- ↑ "THOMAS" Judge Walton's Confirmation, February 20, 2009
- ↑ Current Judges of the FISC
- ↑ MLB.com "Clemens acquitted on all counts in perjury trial" June 18, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Chicago Tribune "Roger Clemens not guilty on all counts in perjury trial" June 18, 2012
- ↑ SportingNews MLB "Roger Clemens verdict: Not guilty on all six counts in perjury trial" June 18, 2012
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| Active judges |
• James Zagel • Jennifer Coffman • Susan Carter • Dennis Saylor • Mary McLaughlin • Clyde Roger Vinson • Malcolm Howard • Martin Feldman • Thomas Hogan • Reggie Walton | ||
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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 | ||
