Douglas P. Woodlock
Douglas P. Woodlock | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
Assumed office June 1, 2015 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
In office June 16, 1986 – June 1, 2015 | |
Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | W. Arthur Garrity Jr. |
Succeeded by | Angel Kelley |
Personal details | |
Born | Douglas Preston Woodlock February 27, 1947 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Education | Yale University (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Douglas Preston Woodlock (born February 27, 1947) is a
Early life and education
Woodlock was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on February 27, 1947.[1] His family moved to the Chicago suburb of La Grange, Illinois, where Woodlock spent the first two years of high school.[2] He spent his last two years of high school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.[2]
Woodlock received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College in 1969, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, and vice chairman of the Yale Daily News.[3] He began his career in journalism as an intern at the Chicago Daily News, covering the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.[2] Woodlock then became a reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times from 1969 to 1973, where he worked in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois,[2] before moving to the Sun-Times's Washington Bureau in 1971–1973,[1] where he covered the Supreme Court.[1][2] Woodlock then attended Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a member of The Georgetown Law Journal.[4] He earned his J.D. in 1975.[4][5]
Legal career
Woodlock worked in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 1973 to 1975 and was a law clerk for Judge Frank Jerome Murray of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1976.[1][2]
He was in private practice in
Federal judicial service
Woodlock was nominated by President
Woodlock is known for his interest in architecture and
Woodlock is a member of the American Law Institute[1][11] and the American Judicature Society.[1] He also served on the Committee on Space and Facilities of the Judicial Conference of the United States.[1]
Notable civil cases
In 1989, Woodlock presided over a lawsuit brought by
In a 1995 suit under the
In 2008, Woodlock presided over a case involving the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), in which he issued an injunction barring three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from disclosing security vulnerabilities in the MBTA's CharlieCard system; the decision was controversial, and resulting press attention resulted in further publicity of the security lapse.[10]
Woodlock was the judge who presided over litigation between the South Middlesex Opportunity Council, an anti-poverty group, and the
In 2011, Woodlock dismissed an attempt by the Winklevoss twins and their partner Divya Narendra to reopen litigation on their claims related to Facebook; the Winklevosses had settled their claims in a $65 million settlement in 2008.[18]
In 2020, Woodlock issued a preliminary order directing the
Notable criminal cases
Woodlock has presided over a number of noteworthy criminal cases. In 2005, Woodlock accepted a plea agreement between federal prosecutors and Ahmed F. Mehalba, a translator at the detention camp at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, who pleaded guilty to removing a disc containing classified documents from the base. Woodlock sentenced Mehalba to 20 months in prison.[20] In 2010, Woodlock sentenced computer hacker Albert Gonzalez to 20 years and one day in prison,[21] after Gonzalez pleaded guilty the previous year to hacking Heartland Payment Systems' corporate computer system as part of a scheme to steal millions of payment card numbers.[21][22]
In 2010, Woodlock accepted the guilty plea of
Works
- Communities and the Courthouses They Deserve. And Vice Versa., 24 Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities (2012).
- "Drawing Meaning from the Heart of the Courthouse" in Celebrating the Courthouse: A Guide for Architects, Their Clients, and the Public (ed. Steven Flanders: New York: W.W. Norton: 2006).
- "Judicial Responsibility in Federal Courthouse Design Review: Intentions and Aspirations for Boston" in Federal Buildings in Context: The Role of Design Review (ed. J. Carter Brown: Yale University Press, 1995).
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Justices and Judges of the United States Courts, Vol. 6 (1980), p. 664.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Andrew Ryan, On bench, Woodlock taps life experiences: Judge shows compassion, toughness, Boston Globe (January 27, 2011).
- ^ "Patricia Powers To Be the Bride Of Yale Senior". The New York Times. April 3, 1969. p. 37. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments, S. Hrg. 99-141, part 4, Serial No. J-99-7, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (1986), pp. 19-20, 30.
- ^ a b c d e Douglas Preston Woodlock, Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ PN1030 — Douglas P. Woodlock — The Judiciary, 99th Congress (1985-1986), Congress.gov.
- ^ a b Milton J. Valencia, Federal judge set to reduce court role, Boston Globe (January 14, 2015).
- ^ Jane Holtz Kay, The Courthouse as a Bastion Against Terror, The New York Times (January 31, 1999).
- ^ Linda Greenhouse, Hear Ye! Hear Ye! See Ye, Too!, New York Times (September 27, 1998).
- ^ a b Nik DeCosta-Klipa, US District Judge Woodlock to Take Senior Status, Boston Globe (January 13, 2015).
- ^ The Hon. Douglas P. Woodlock, American Law Institute.
- ^ Sam Goldaper, Court Bars Radja From Playing for the Celtics, The New York Times (September 27, 1989).
- ^ Celtics reach agreement on Radja, United Press International (October 4, 1989).
- ^ a b Tim Weiner, U.S. Judge Orders Ex-Guatemala General to Pay $47.5 Million, The New York Times (April 13, 1995).
- ^ Xuncax v. Gramajo, 886 F. Supp. 162 (D. Mass. 1995).
- ^ a b c Eric Noonan, Antipoverty group to get $1m in suit: Said town violated clients' civil rights, Boston Globe (October 27, 2010).
- ^ South Middlesex Opportunity Council v. Town of Framingham, 752 F. Supp. 2d 85 (D. Mass 2010).
- ^ Judge dismisses Winklevoss case against Facebook, Los Angeles Times (July 22, 2011).
- ^ a b c Brian Dowling, Mass. Gun Stores To Reopen After Judge Nixes COVID-19 Ban, Law360 (May 7, 2020).
- ^ Shelly Murphy, Translator sentenced in Guantanamo documents case, Boston Globe (February 19, 2005).
- ^ a b Nancy Weil, Gonzalez sentenced to 20 years for Heartland break-in, Computerworld (March 26, 2010).
- ^ Additional Guilty Plea by Hacker in Thefts, Reuters (December 29, 2009).
- ^ Jonathan Saltzman & Travis Andersen, Wilkerson admits she took $23,500: Prosecutors seek up to 4-year term, Boston Globe (June 4, 2010).
- ^ Dianne Wilkerson Sentenced to 3 1/2 Years in Prison, Associated Press (February 27, 2014).
- ^ Andrew Ryan, Turner sentenced to 3 years in prison: Judge delivers a stern reproach, Boston Globe (January 26, 2011).
- ^ Jess Bidgood, Girlfriend of Crime Boss Gets 8-Year Prison Sentence, The New York Times (June 12, 2012).
- ^ John R. Ellement, Catherine E. Greig's 8-year-prison sentence was justified, federal court rules, Boston Globe (May 17, 2013).
- ^ Nick Anderson, California businessman gets two months of prison in college admissions scandal, Washington Post (October 30, 2019)
- ^ Calif. Entrepreneur Gets 2 Months For 'Varsity Blues' Bribe, Law360 (October 30, 2019).
- ^ Daniel Uria, California man sentenced to two months in prison in college admissions scandal, United Press International (October 21, 2019).
External links
- Douglas P. Woodlock at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.