United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
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The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The court is based in San Juan. The main building is the Clemente Ruiz Nazario U.S. Courthouse located in the Hato Rey district of San Juan. The Magistrate Judges are located in the adjacent Federico Degetau Federal Building, and several senior district judges hold court at the old courthouse in Old San Juan. The old courthouse also houses the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which is headquartered in Boston but hears appeals at the Old San Juan courthouse for two sessions each year.
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[edit] United States District Judges
There are seven authorized active judgeships in the Puerto Rico District Court. Seven active judges are currently sitting, together with four senior judges who may elect to supervise reduced caseloads.
[edit] Judges
# | Title | Judge | Duty station | Born | Term of service | Appointed by | ||
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Active | Chief | Senior | ||||||
Chief Judge | José A. Fusté | Hato Rey, PR | 1943 | 1985–present | 2004-present | (none) | Reagan | |
District Judge | Carmen Cerezo Vargas | Hato Rey, PR | 1940 | 1980–present | 1993-1999 | (none) | Carter | |
District Judge | Daniel R. Domínguez | Hato Rey, PR | 1945 | 1994-present | (none) | (none) | Clinton | |
District Judge | Jay A. García Gregory | Hato Rey, PR | 1944 | 2000-present | (none) | (none) | Clinton | |
District Judge | Aida M. Delgado Colón | Hato Rey, PR | 1955 | 2006-present | (none) | (none) | G. W. Bush | |
District Judge | Gustavo A. Gelpí | Hato Rey, PR | 1965 | 2006-present | (none) | (none) | G. W. Bush | |
District Judge | Francisco A. Besosa | Hato Rey, PR | 1949 | 2006-present | (none) | (none) | G. W. Bush | |
Senior District Judge | Jaime Pieras, Jr. | San Juan, PR | 1924 | 1982-1993 | (none) | 1993-present | Reagan | |
Senior District Judge | Raymond L. Acosta | San Juan, PR | 1925 | 1982-1994 | (none) | 1994-present | Reagan | |
Senior District Judge | Sálvador E. Casellas | San Juan, PR | 1935 | 1994-2005 | (none) | 2005-present | Clinton | |
Senior District Judge | Juan M. Pérez Giménez | Hato Rey, PR | 1941 | 1979-2006 | 1984-1991 | 2006-present | Carter |
[edit] United States Magistrate Judges
- Chief Magistrate Judge Justo Arenas
- Magistrate Judge Camille L. Velez-Rive
- Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin
- Magistrate Judge Marcos López
[edit] Former District Judges
- Hiram Rafael Cancio (1967-1974)
- Juan B. Fernández-Badillo (1967-1989)
- Jose Víctor Toledo (1970-1980)
- Hernan Gregorio Pesquera (1972-1982)
- Juan R. Torruella* (1974-1984)
- Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortíz (1980-2004)
- Héctor M. Laffitte (1983-2007)
This list does not include the Judges who served on the Court from 1900 to 1966, before it became an Article III court whose judges enjoy life tenure.
* Elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
[edit] External links
[edit] References
Guillermo A. Baralt, History of the Federal Court in Puerto Rico: 1899-1999 (2004) (also published in Spanish as Historia del Tribunal Federal de Puerto Rico)
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