Jean-Paul Boulee
2019 - Present
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Jean-Paul "JP" Boulee is a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. President Donald Trump (R) nominated Boulee to this court on August 28, 2018, and the U.S. Senate confirmed Boulee's nomination on June 12, 2019, by an 85-11 vote.[1][2] He received commission on June 14, 2019.[3] To see a full list of judges appointed by Donald Trump, click here.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 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.
Boulee was a judge of the Fourth Superior Court District in Georgia from 2015 to 2019. He was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal (R) on May 12, 2015.[4]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Northern District of Georgia
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump
President Donald Trump (R) nominated Boulee to this court on August 28, 2018, and the U.S. Senate confirmed Boulee's nomination on June 12, 2019, by an 85-11 vote.[1][2] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Jean-Paul Boulee |
| Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 289 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: August 27, 2018
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously well qualified
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| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: November 13, 2018
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: February 7, 2019
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| Confirmed: June 12, 2019
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| Vote: 85-11
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Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Boulee on June 12, 2019, on a vote of 85-11.[1] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
| Boulee confirmation vote (June 12, 2019) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic |
33 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
 Republican |
51 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
 Independent |
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 85 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
Change in Senate rules
Boulee was confirmed to a U.S. District Court under a new precedent the Senate established.
On April 3, 2019, the U.S. Senate voted 51-48 in favor of a change to chamber precedent lowering the maximum time allowed for debate on executive nominees to posts below the Cabinet level and on nominees to district court judgeships from 30 hours after invoking cloture to two.[5]
The change was passed under a procedure, often referred to as the nuclear option, that requires 51 votes rather than 60.[6]
It was the third use of the nuclear option in Senate history. In 2013, it was used to eliminate the 60-vote threshold to confirm presidential nominees, except those to the Supreme Court. In 2017, it was used to eliminate the 60-vote threshold required to confirm Supreme Court nominees.[7] For more, see Filibuster and reconciliation in the United States Congress.
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Boulee's nomination on November 13, 2018.[8]
The Senate Judiciary Committee favorably reported Boulee's nomination on February 7, 2019.[9] Click here to see how the committee voted. Boulee's nomination was one of 44 that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reported that day.
Nomination
On August 27, 2018, President Donald Trump (R) announced that he would nominate Boulee to a seat on the Northern District of Georgia.[10] The U.S. Senate received the nomination on August 28, 2018.[2]
Boulee was nominated to succeed Judge William Duffey, who retired on July 1, 2018.[2]
At the sine die adjournment of the 115th Congress on January 3, 2019, the Senate returned Boulee's nomination to President Trump.[11] Boulee was one of 51 individuals the president re-nominated on January 23, 2019.[12]
The American Bar Association unanimously rated Boulee well qualified for the position.[13] To read more about ABA ratings, click here.
4th Superior Court District of Georgia (2015-2019)
- See also: Judges appointed by Nathan Deal
Boulee was a judge of the Fourth Superior Court District in Georgia from 2015 to 2019. He was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal (R) on May 12, 2015.[4]
Education
Boulee received a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Washington and Lee University in 1993 and a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1996.[14][10]
Military service
- 1997-2001: Captain, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps[14]
Professional career
- 2019-present: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- 2015-2019: Judge, Fourth Superior Court District
- 2001-2015: Partner, Jones Day: business litigation and corporate criminal investigations
- 1996-1997: Law clerk, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia[14]
About the court
| Northern District of Georgia |
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| Eleventh Circuit |
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| Judgeships |
| Posts: 11 |
| Judges: 11 |
| Vacancies: 0 |
| Judges |
| Chief: Timothy Batten |
| Active judges: Timothy Batten, Jean-Paul Boulee, Michael L. Brown, Victoria Calvert, Mark Howard Cohen, Sarah Geraghty, Steven Grimberg, Steve C. Jones, Leigh Martin May, William Ray, Eleanor L. Ross Senior judges: |
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is one of 94 United States district courts. The district operates out of courthouses in Atlanta, Gainesville, Newnan, and Rome. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit based in downtown Atlanta at the Elbert P. Tuttle Federal Courthouse.
The Northern District of Georgia has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
There are four court divisions, each covering the following counties:
The Atlanta Division, covering Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, and Rockdale counties.
The Gainesville Division, covering Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties.
The Newnan Division, covering Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, and Troup counties.
The Rome Division, covering Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield counties.
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 Northern District of Georgia
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- Georgia Superior Courts
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- LinkedIn profile
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Congress.gov, "PN221 — Jean-Paul Boulee — The Judiciary," accessed June 13, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Congress.gov, "PN2471 — Jean-Paul Boulee — The Judiciary," accessed June 13, 2019
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Boulee, Jean-Paul," accessed June 17, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 AJC.com, "2 DeKalb judges appointed by Gov. Deal," May 12, 2015
- ↑ The Hill, "GOP triggers 'nuclear option' to speed up Trump picks," April 3, 2019
- ↑ Axios, "Senate GOP invokes 'nuclear option' to speed up confirmations of Trump nominees," April 3, 2019
- ↑ NBC News, "McConnell to use 'nuclear option' to confirm lower-level nominees," April 2, 2019
- ↑ Committee on the Judiciary, "Nominations," November 13, 2018
- ↑ U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting," February 7, 2019
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The White House, "President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventeenth Wave of Judicial Nominees," August 27, 2018
- ↑ 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. Congressional Research Service, "Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure," April 11, 2017
- ↑ WhiteHouse.gov, "Nominations Sent to the Senate," January 23, 2019
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III and Article IV judicial nominees," accessed June 13, 2019
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 LinkedIn.com, "Jean-Paul (JP) Boulee," accessed May 18, 2015
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 2019-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit 2015-2019 |
Succeeded by - |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Timothy Batten • William M. Ray, II • Steve C. Jones • Eleanor L. Ross • Mark Howard Cohen • Leigh Martin May • Jean-Paul Boulee • Michael L. Brown (Georgia) • Steven Grimberg • Victoria Calvert • Sarah Geraghty | ||
| Senior judges |
Orinda Evans • Clarence Cooper • Richard Story • Willis Hunt • Charles Pannell • Amy Totenberg • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Alan Baverman • Walter E. Johnson • Russell G. Vineyard • Linda T. Walker • J. Clay Fuller • Justin Anand • John Larkins (Georgia) • Catherine Salinas • Christopher Bly • Regina Cannon • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Jack Camp • Marvin Shoob • Horace Ward • Owen Forrester • Beverly Martin • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Julie Carnes • William Duffey • Harold Murphy • Robert Vining • John Cochran Nicoll • John Erskine • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Frank Hull • James Hill (Eleventh Circuit) • Henry Kent McCay • William Truslow Newman • Samuel Hale Sibley • Emory Marvin Underwood • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Richard Freeman • Robert Hall (Georgia) • Frank Hooper • William Sloan • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Orinda Evans • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Robert Vining • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Frank Hooper • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) • | ||
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia
State courts:
Georgia Supreme Court • Georgia Court of Appeals • Georgia Superior Courts • Georgia State Courts • Georgia Business Court • Georgia Juvenile Courts • Georgia Probate Courts • Georgia Magistrate Courts • Georgia Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Georgia • Georgia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Georgia
