Jose Cabranes

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Jose Cabranes
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Nonpartisan

United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit (senior status)
Tenure

2023 - Present

Years in position

1

Prior offices
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Predecessor: Richard Cardamone

Education

Bachelor's

Columbia University, 1961

Graduate

University of Cambridge, 1967

Law

Yale Law School, 1965

Personal
Birthplace
Puerto Rico

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José Alberto Cabranes is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). At the time of his appointment, he was serving on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut after an appointment from President Jimmy Carter (D) in 1979.[1] He assumed senior status on March 9, 2023.[1]

On October 7, 2021, Cabranes announced that he would assume senior status upon the confirmation of his successor.[2][3]

Biography

Education

Cabranes was born in 1940 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and at the age of five moved with his family to the South Bronx, New York. After attending public schools in New York City, Cabranes graduated from Columbia University with his bachelor's degree in 1961. He obtained his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1965. Cabranes graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master of Letters in International Law in 1967.[1]

Professional career

Cabranes was in private practice from 1967 to 1971. From 1971 to 1973, Cabranes served as an associate professor at Rutgers Law School before serving two years as general counsel to the governor of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1975. From 1975 to 1979, Cabranes served as general counsel and director of government relations at Yale University.[1]

Judicial career

2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

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Name: Jose A. Cabranes
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 77 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: May 24, 1994
ApprovedAABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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ApprovedAHearing: July 21, 1994
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ApprovedAReported: August 4, 1994 
ApprovedAConfirmed: August 9, 1994
ApprovedAVote: Voice vote

Cabranes was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit by President Bill Clinton on May 24, 1994, to a seat vacated by Richard Cardamone. The American Bar Association rated Cabranes Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[4] Hearings on Cabranes' nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 21, 1994, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on August 4, 1994. Cabranes was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on August 9, 1994, and he received his commission on August 10, 1994.[1][5] Cabranes assumed senior status on March 9, 2023.[1]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review

In 2013, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Cabranes to a seat on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. This panel of three judges hears appeals from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). His term on the panel expires in 2020.[6] The other two judges on the panel are Richard Tallman and William Bryson.

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Cabranes was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut by President Jimmy Carter on November 6, 1979, to a seat vacated by Jon Newman upon Newman's elevation to the Second Circuit. Cabranes was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 5, 1979, on a Senate vote and he received his commission on December 10, 1979. Cabranes served as the chief judge of the District of Connecticut from 1992 to 1994. He resigned his seat on August 12, 1994, upon his elevation to the Second Circuit. Cabranes was succeeded in this position by Judge Janet Arterton.[1]

Awards and associations

Awards

  • Cabranes was the recipient of the Learned Hand Medal for Excellence in Federal Jurisprudence of the Federal Bar Council in 2000.[7]

Associations

  • In 1988, Judge Cabranes was one of five federal judges appointed by former Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist to the 15-member Federal Courts Study Committee created by Act of Congress. The purpose of the study committee was “to examine problems facing the Federal courts and develop a long-range plan for the future of the Federal judiciary.”[7]
  • Cabranes was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.[7]
  • Before his appointment to the federal bench, Judge Cabranes served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of two major Hispanic Civil Rights organizations, Aspira of New York, the educational agency that helps inner-city Hispanic youth prepare for college, and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund in which Cabranes was a founding member of the pro-Puerto Rican organization.[7]
  • Judge Cabranes served as a trustee of Yale University from 1987 to 1999, and now serves as a trustee of Columbia University. Carbanes is also a former trustee of Colgate University.

Written Works

Cabranes is the author of "Citizenship and the American Empire," published by Yale University Press in 1979. The book is a legislative history of the United States citizenship of the people of Puerto Rico. He co-authored "Fear of Judging: Sentencing Guidelines in the Federal Courts," with Kate Stith, a book which was published by the University of Chicago Press in 1998. Cabranes also earned the Certificate of Merit of the American Bar Association in 1999 for his written works, and has had various articles in a wide variety of law journals.[7]

Noteworthy cases

District Court stop-and-frisk ruling upheld (2013)
See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ([Part 1, Part 2 Floyd v. City of New York])

On October 31, 2013, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit, composed of Judge Cabranes and Senior Judges John Walker and Barrington Parker, removed Judge Shira Scheindlin from Floyd v. City of New York and put the remedies proposed by the judge on hold. The previous court order was stayed until an appeal was heard by the panel.[8]

Scheindlin was removed from the case as a result of interviews with the media in May 2013 which made the court question her impartiality. In response to the accusation that she violated the Code of Conduct for federal judges, Scheindlin said:

“ The interviews . . . were conducted under the express condition that I would not comment on the Floyd case. I did not. Some of the reporters used quotes from written opinions in Floyd that gave the appearance that I had commented on the case. However, a careful reading of each interview will reveal that no such comments were made.[9][10] ”

On November 22, 2013, the judicial panel refused in a per curiam decision to vacate Judge Scheindlin's prior ruling which struck down the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy for warrantless serarches. The judges denied motions filed by New York City to transfer the court's October 2013 stay of Scheindlin's ruling into its vacation, and further denied as moot motions filed by Scheindlin in opposition to the City's previously described motions.[11]

Background

In August 2013, Scheindlin ruled that the New York Police Department's (NYPD) "stop-and-frisk" rule, which the NYPD credited with saving lives, disregarded the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. Scheindlin also found that officers used racial profiling during the process, unfairly targeting minorities.[12][13][14]

See also

External links


Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Federal Judicial Center, "Cabranes, José Alberto," accessed October 8, 2021 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ Reuters, "New 2nd Circuit vacancies to open, giving Biden room to tilt court," October 7, 2021
  3. ↑ Bloomberg Law, "N.Y.-Based Appeals Court Gives Biden Two More Seats to Fill," October 7, 2021
  4. ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 103rd Congress," accessed June 6, 2016
  5. ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1437 - Jose A Cabranes - The Judiciary," accessed June 6, 2016
  6. ↑ Washington Post, "Roberts names judge to panel that hears rare appeals of surveillance court rulings," August 19, 2013
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Second Circuit Court of Appeals, "Biography of Jose Cabranes," accessed February 24, 2014
  8. ↑ Center for Constitutional Rights, "Second Circuit Decision in Floyd v. City of New York FAQ," accessed January 25, 2014
  9. ↑ New York Daily News, "Stop-and-frisk judge removed from case, reforms put on hold after federal appeals court ruling," October 31, 2013
  10. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  11. ↑ Courthouse News Service, "Boot to Stop-and-Frisk Judge Won't Kill Rulings," November 22, 2013
  12. ↑ New York Times, "Judge Rejects New York's Stop-and-Frisk Policy," August 12, 2013
  13. ↑ National Journal, "Why 'Stop and Frisk' Was Ruled Unconstitutional," August 12, 2013
  14. ↑ Nation Sun Journal, "Federal court strikes down New York's stop-and-frisk policy," August 12, 2013

Political offices
Preceded by
Richard Cardamone 		United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
1994-2023		 Succeeded by
Maria Araujo Kahn
Preceded by
- 		United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
1979-1994		 Succeeded by
-




Connecticut courts

Federal courts:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Connecticut • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Connecticut

State courts:

Connecticut Supreme Court • Connecticut Appellate Court • Connecticut Superior Court • Connecticut Probate Courts

State resources:

Courts in Connecticut • Connecticut judicial elections • Judicial selection in Connecticut

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