Ellen Segal Huvelle
Ellen Segal Huvelle | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
Assumed office June 3, 2014 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
In office October 26, 1999 – June 3, 2014 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | John Garrett Penn |
Succeeded by | Amit Mehta |
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
In office 1990–1999 | |
Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
Succeeded by | John Ramsey Johnson[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Ellen Judith Segal June 3, 1948 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Spouse | Jeffrey G. Huvelle |
Children | 2 |
Education | Wellesley College (BA) Yale University (MCP) Boston College (JD) |
Ellen Judith Huvelle (née Segal; born June 3, 1948) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[2] She has overseen several significant cases. In a case decided in May 2001, Huvelle "upheld federal regulations that restrict the sale of consumers' names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and phone numbers."[3] Later that year, Huvelle heard requests by family members of
Early life and career
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Huvelle grew up in Newton, Massachusetts and graduated from Newton High School in 1966.[5][6]
Education
She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in 1970 and a Master in City Planning from the Yale School of Architecture in 1972. With her father and brother both lawyers, Huvelle focused on the law [5] and in 1975 earned a Juris Doctor from the Boston College Law School.
Early career
In 1973 she was a law clerk for the appellate division of the
Legal career
Following law school, she served as
In 1983, Huvelle was one of three attorneys who drafted an
Judicial service
District of Columbia superior court service
Huvelle was appointed by President
Federal judicial service
On March 25, 1999, Huvelle was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, vacated by John Garrett Penn.[8] She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 15, 1999, receiving her commission on October 26, 1999. Senator Patrick Leahy cited the long delays in Huvelle's confirmation as United States District Judge as a troubling example of problems in the confirmation process.[9] She took senior status on June 3, 2014.[4]
Huvelle has been a Fellow of the American Bar Association, a member of the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, and has taught trial practice at Harvard Law School's Trial Advocacy Workshop and at the University of Virginia School of Law.[10]
Notable opinions
Privacy and "opt out"
According to CNN Huvelle played a key role in ensuring that ordinary consumers can opt out of information collection on their personal information.[3]
A.C.L.U. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
Huvelle ruled on American Civil Liberties Union, et al v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 265 F.Supp.2d 20.[11]
Murat Kurnaz v. George W. Bush
Huvelle made a ruling on
XM Radio
In the summer of 2006 Huvelle amalgamated related cases into a class action against In re XM Satellite Radio Holdings Securities Litigation, C.A. No. 06-0802.[13]
Former Interior Deputy Secretary J. Steven Griles
Huvelle ruled on the sentencing of former Deputy Secretary of the Interior J. Steven Griles.[14]
Drone strikes
In February 2016, Huvelle found that the
Personal life
Huvelle is married to labor lawyer Jeffrey Huvelle.[5]
References
- ^ Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission.
- ^ "Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle". United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ a b
CNN Money. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ^ a b "Huvelle, Ellen Segal - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ a b c d "I, Ellen Huvelle, Do Solemnly Swear". www.lawmagazine.bc.edu.
- ^ Newton High School (Class of 1966).
- ^ Pres. Nom. 1,181, 101st Cong. (1990).
- ^ Pres. Nom.180, 106th Cong. (1999).
- ^ Patrick Leahy (December 11, 2001). "Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on Judicial Nominations". United States Senate. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ^ "Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle". United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ^ https://www.aclu.org/files/FilesPDFs/huvelle.opinion.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Murat Kurnaz v. George W. Bush" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. April 12, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ^ "XM SATELLITE: Consolidated Complaint in D.C. Stock Suit Filed". bankrupt.com. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ^
Project on Government Oversight. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ^ Note, Recent Case: D.C. Circuit Holds Statutory Challenge to Drone Strike is Nonjusticiable, 131 Harv. L. Rev. 1473 (2018).
- ^ bin Ali Jaber v. United States, 155 F.Supp.3d 70 (D.D.C. 2016).
External links
- Ellen Segal Huvelle at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Legal Times. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- Nominations for Superior Court of the District of Columbia : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, second session, on nominations of Mary Ellen Abrecht, Kaye K. Christian, Frederick D. Dorsey, Ellen Segal Huvelle, Jose M. Lopez, Joan Z. McAvoy, Gregory E. Mize, Patricia Q. Wynn, John Henry Bayly, Jr., Linda Turner Hamilton, and Stephen G. Milliken, to be associate judges ... 4.G 74/9:S.hrg.101-1067 (1990) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.