Ramon Reyes, Jr.
2023 - Present
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Ramon Reyes, Jr. is a judge to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He was nominated to the court by President Joe Biden (D) on September 6, 2022, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8, 2023, by a vote of 51-48.[1][2][3][4][5] To see a full list of judges appointed by Joe Biden, click here.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is one of 94 U.S. District Courts. They are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.
Prior to joining the court, Reyes was a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He was appointed to this position on February 13, 2006.[6]
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2023-present)
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden
On September 6, 2022, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Reyes to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Reyes's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2023.[1] The president renominated Reyes on January 23, 2023.[4] He was confirmed by a 51-48 vote of the U.S. Senate on November 8, 2023. Reyes received commission on November 13, 2023.[2] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
Nominee Information |
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Name: Ramon Reyes, Jr. |
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York |
Progress |
Confirmed 428 days after nomination. |
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Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
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Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
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Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Reyes by a vote of 51-48 on November 8, 2023.[2] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
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Total | 50[7] | 46 | 4 |
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Reyes's nomination on November 30, 2022. Reyes's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2023.[8]
The president renominated Reyes on January 23, 2023.[4] In a committee hearing on February 9, 2023, Reyes was reported to the full Senate, after a 11-10 committee vote.[5] Click here for a list of other nominees awaiting a committee hearing.
Nomination
On September 6, 2022, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Reyes to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Reyes' nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2023.[1] The president renominated Reyes on January 23, 2023.[4]
Ramon Reyes Jr. was nominated to replace Judge Kiyo Matsumoto, who assumed senior status on July 23, 2022.[1]
The American Bar Association (ABA) rated Reyes Well Qualified.[9] To read more about ABA ratings, click here.
Eastern District of New York, magistrate (2006-present)
Reyes was appointed as a federal magistrate judge for the Eastern District of New York on February 13, 2006.[6]
Biography
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Judge Reyes received a B.S. degree in Public Affairs Management from Cornell University in 1988, a J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1992, and an LL.M. degree from the New York University School of Law in 1993.[6]
Professional career
Before becoming an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Judge Reyes worked as: an associate with the firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP; a law clerk for U.S. District Judge David Trager; and a legislative attorney for the New York City Council. From 2000 to 2003, he was part of the U.S. Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the Eastern District of New York. He was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York at the time of his appointment to the U.S. district court in 2006.[6]
About the court
Eastern District of New York |
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Second Circuit |
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Judgeships |
Posts: 16 |
Judges: 16 |
Vacancies: 0 |
Judges |
Chief: Margo Brodie |
Active judges: Joan Azrack, Margo Brodie, Gary R. Brown, Pamela Ki Mai Chen, Nusrat Choudhury, LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall, Ann M. Donnelly, Hector Gonzalez, Diane Gujarati, Eric Komitee, Rachel Kovner, Roslynn Mauskopf, Orelia Merchant, Natasha Merle, Nina Morrison, Ramon Reyes Jr. Senior judges: |
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is one of 94 United States district courts. The courthouses are located in Brooklyn and Central Islip. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit based in Lower Manhattan at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse.
Jurisdiction
The Eastern District of New York has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
The geographic jurisdiction of the Eastern District of New York consists of all the following counties in the eastern part of the state of New York.
To read opinions published by this court, click here.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- President Biden Names Twenty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees, September 2, 2022
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Congress.gov, "PN2506 — Ramon Ernesto Reyes Jr. — The Judiciary," September 6, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Congress.gov, "PN174 — Ramon Ernesto Reyes Jr. — The Judiciary," November 8, 2023
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Reyes, Ramon Ernesto, Jr.," November 8, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The White House, "Nominations Sent to the Senate," January 23, 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Committee on the Judiciary, "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023," accessed February 9, 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, "Biography of Judge Reyes," accessed June 11, 2015
- ↑ Note: The bolded number reflects the largest number.
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days.
- ↑ American Bar Association, "RATINGS OF ARTICLE III AND ARTICLE IV JUDICIAL NOMINEES - 117th Congress," last updated December 12, 2022
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Preceded by Kiyo Matsumoto |
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 2023-Present |
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 2006-2023 |
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Active judges |
Chief Judge: Margo Brodie • Roslynn Mauskopf • Joan Azrack • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Ann M. Donnelly • Pamela Ki Mai Chen • Gary R. Brown • LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall • Diane Gujarati • Eric Komitee • Rachel Kovner • Hector Gonzalez (New York) • Nina Morrison • Nusrat Choudhury • Natasha Merle • Orelia Merchant | ||
Senior judges |
Raymond Dearie • Leo Glasser • Denis Hurley • Edward Korman • Carol Amon • Brian Cogan • Nicholas Garaufis • Nina Gershon • Dora Irizarry • Kiyo Matsumoto • Allyne Ross • Joanna Seybert • Eric Vitaliano • Frederic Block • William Kuntz • | ||
Magistrate judges | Lois Bloom • Arlene Lindsay • Roanne Mann • Cheryl Pollak • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Vera Scanlon • Steven Locke • Peggy Kuo • Steven Tiscione • Anne Shields • Sanket Bulsara • James Wicks • James R. Cho • Taryn A. Merkl • Marcia Henry • | ||
Former Article III judges |
Sterling Johnson • Thomas Platt • Charles Sifton • Arthur Spatt • David Trager • Jack Weinstein • Leonard Wexler • Joseph Bianco • Sandra Feuerstein • John Gleeson • Sandra Townes • Frank Altimari • Charles Linnaeus Benedict • Joseph McLaughlin (Second Circuit) • Reena Raggi • George Pratt • Asa Wentworth Tenney • Edward Beers Thomas • Thomas Chatfield • Van Vechten Veeder • Edwin Louis Garvin • Marcus Beach Campbell • Robert Alexander Inch • Grover Moscowitz • Mortimer Byers • Clarence Galston • Matthew Abruzzo • John Bartels • Frederic Block • Henry Bramwell • Walter Bruchhausen • Mark Costantino • John Dooling • Orrin Judd • Jacob Mishler • Edward Neaher • Eugene Nickerson • Leo Rayfiel • George Rosling • Anthony Travia • Joseph Zavatt • Harold Kennedy (New York) • | ||
Former Chief judges |
Raymond Dearie • Edward Korman • Thomas Platt • Charles Sifton • Jack Weinstein • Carol Amon • Dora Irizarry • Roslynn Mauskopf • Robert Alexander Inch • Walter Bruchhausen • Jacob Mishler • Joseph Zavatt • |
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Commissioned in 2024 |
John Kazen • John Russell • Margaret Garnett • Cristal Brisco • Jacquelyn Austin • Gretchen Hess Lund • Micah Smith • Joshua Kolar • Karoline Mehalchick • Kirk Sherriff • Lisa Wang • David Leibowitz • Jacqueline Becerra • Julie Sneed • Melissa Damian • Kelly H. Rankin • Nicole Berner • Sunil Harjani • Leon Schydlower • Ernesto Gonzalez • Susan Bazis • Robert White • Ann Marie McIff Allen • Eumi Lee • Krissa Lanham • Eric Schulte • Camela Theeler • Angela Martinez • Jasmine Yoon • Nancy Maldonado • Meredith Vacca • Georgia Alexakis • Joseph Saporito • Amy Baggio • Stacey Neumann | ||
Commissioned in 2023 |
Kai Scott • Tamika Montgomery-Reeves • Margaret R. Guzman • Daniel Calabretta • Matthew Garcia • DeAndrea G. Benjamin • Cindy Chung • Adrienne Nelson • Lindsay Jenkins • Gina Méndez-Miró • Araceli Martínez-Olguín • Jamar Walker • Ana Reyes • Jamal Whitehead • Gordon Gallagher • Matthew Brookman• Maria Araujo Kahn• James Simmons • Robert Ballou• Andrew Schopler • Jonathan Grey• Colleen Lawless • Arun Subramanian • Jessica Clarke • Robert Kirsch • Michael Farbiarz • Anthony Johnstone • Orelia Merchant • Wesley Hsu • Bradley Garcia • LaShonda A. Hunt • Nancy Gbana Abudu • Amanda Brailsford • Darrel Papillion • Jeremy Daniel • Hernan D. Vera • Julie Rikelman • Nusrat Choudhury • P. Casey Pitts • Myong Joun • Kymberly Evanson • Tiffany Cartwright • Rachel Bloomekatz • Natasha Merle • Dale Ho • Philip Hadji • Rita Lin • Brendan Hurson • Vernon D. Oliver • Matthew Maddox • Julia Munley • Brandy McMillion • Susan DeClercq • Julia Kobick • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Ana de Alba • Kenly Kiya Kato • Mónica Ramírez Almadani • Jeffrey M. Bryan • Jamel Semper • Irma Ramirez • Richard Federico • Loren AliKhan • Brandon Long • Jerry Edwards Jr.• Sara Hill • Joseph Laroski | ||
Commissioned in 2022 | David Herrera Urias • Gabriel Sanchez • Holly Thomas • Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong • David Ruiz • Charles Fleming • Bridget Brennan • Leonard Stark • Alison J. Nathan • John Chun • Julie Rubin • Jacqueline Scott Corley • Ruth Bermudez Montenegro • Victoria Calvert • Georgette Castner • Anne Traum • Cristina Silva • Ketanji Brown Jackson (Supreme Court) • Sarah Geraghty • Hector Gonzalez • Fred Slaughter • Jennifer Rochon • Robert Huie • Sunshine S. Sykes • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • Evelyn Padin • Sherilyn P. Garnett • Ana de Alba • J. Michelle Childs • Trina Thompson • Elizabeth Hanes • Nancy Maldonado • Nina Morrison • Gregory Williams • John Z. Lee • Sal Mendoza, Jr. • Lara Montecalvo • Florence Pan • Andre Mathis • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Jennifer Rearden • Roopali Desai • María Antongiorgi-Jordán • Camille Vélez-Rivé • Doris Pryor • Frances Kay Behm • Dana Douglas • Mia Roberts Perez • Anne Nardacci • Jeffery P. Hopkins | ||
Commissioned in 2021 |
Ketanji Brown Jackson • Zahid Quraishi • Julien Xavier Neals • Deborah Boardman • Regina Rodriguez • Candace Jackson-Akiwumi • Lydia Kay Griggsby • Tiffany Cunningham • Eunice Lee • Angel Kelley • Florence Pan • Veronica Rossman • David G. Estudillo • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Gustavo Gelpí • Christine O'Hearn • Margaret Strickland • Karen McGlashan Williams • Patricia Tolliver Giles • Toby Heytens • Michael Nachmanoff • Sarala Nagala • Beth Robinson • Omar A. Williams • Myrna Pérez • Jia Cobb • Tana Lin • Lauren King • Lucy H. Koh • Jennifer Sung • Samantha Elliott • Katherine Menendez • Mary Dimke • Linda Lopez • Shalina Kumar • Jane Beckering • Jinsook Ohta • Jennifer L. Thurston • Stephen Locher • Charlotte Sweeney • Nina Nin-Yuen Wang • Arianna Freeman • Jerry Blackwell |
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