Gregory F. Van Tatenhove
Gregory Frederick Van Tatenhove | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | |
Assumed office January 5, 2006 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Karl Spillman Forester |
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky | |
In office 2001–2005 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Joseph Leslie Famularo[1] |
Succeeded by | Amul Thapar[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Gregory Frederick Van Tatenhove April 2, 1960[3] Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Education | Asbury College (BA) University of Kentucky (JD) |
Gregory Frederick Van Tatenhove, also known as Greg Van Tatenhove, (born April 2, 1960) is a
Education and career
Van Tatenhove was born in Los Angeles.[4] He attended high school in Jessamine County, Kentucky, and received a Bachelor of Arts from Asbury College (now Asbury University) in 1982.[5][6] He was then a legislative Senate aide of Mitch McConnell.[7][8]
He attended the
Federal judicial service
On September 13, 2005, on the recommendation of Senators Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell, President George W. Bush nominated Van Tatenhove to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky previously held by Judge Karl Spillman Forester.[10] Van Tatenhove was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 2005, and received his commission on January 5, 2006.[11]
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron was a law clerk for Van Tatenhove for two years, in 2011–13.[12][13] Upon Cameron's election to Kentucky Attorney General, Van Tatenhove swore him into office.[14]
Notable cases
On October 11, 2014, Van Tatenhove held that Kentucky Educational Television did not have to allow a Libertarian candidate to be part of a debate with Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes, the candidate's opponents in a battle to be elected US Senator.[15][16][17][18] The chair of the Kentucky Libertarian Party said he was disgusted with the judge's ruling, given that the TV station had changed its standards for inclusion in the debate mid-stream.[16]
On January 25, 2016, Van Tatenhove ruled in favor of the
On March 30, 2018, he ruled that
On May 8, 2020, Van Tatenhove, in a later-overturned opinion, ruled that Kentucky churches could hold in-person services during the
Personal
In November 2020, Van Tatenhove's wife Christy Trout Van Tatenhove donated $250,000 to the McConnell Center, created by Senator Mitch McConnell.[26]
References
- ^ "PN939 - Nomination of Gregory F. Van Tatenhove for Department of Justice, 107th Congress (2001–2002)". 14 September 2001.
- ^ "PN1345 - Nomination of Amul R. Thapar for Department of Justice, 109th Congress (2005–2006)". 13 March 2006.
- ^ Judiciary, United States Congress Senate Committee on the (November 24, 2006). "Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse". University of Michigan Law School. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Gregory F. Van Tatenhove - 2002 A Award Recipient". Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ Hayes, Bill (August 9, 2001). "Mountains left out of federal judicial appointments". Middlesboro Daily News. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ Jane Mayer (April 10, 2020). "How Mitch McConnell Became Trump's Enabler-in-Chief". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 22 - EXECUTIVE SESSION". www.govinfo.gov.
- ^ Zuckerbrod, Nancy (August 4, 2001). "Bush picks U.S. attorneys for Kentucky". Daily News. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Gregory F. Van Tatenhove". Ballotpedia.
- ^ King, Lisa (January 12, 2006). "Van Tatenhove confirmed by Senate for judgeship". Central Kentucky News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Federal Clerkship Counts as Law Practice, Kentucky Court Rules". Bloomberg Law. October 10, 2019.
- ^ Bailey, Phillip (21 December 2018). "Mitch McConnell's former lawyer may run for Kentucky attorney general". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ Tom Latek (December 19, 2019). "Daniel Cameron takes oath of office for Attorney General early; Beshear appointed him to vacant seat". NKy Tribune.
- ^ Gregory Frederick Van Tatenhove (October 11, 2014). "Libertarian Nat'l Comm., Inc. v. Holiday, Civil No.: 14-63-GFVT |". Casetext.
- ^ a b Sefton, Dru (October 13, 2014). "Judge denies Libertarian candidate's request to appear on KET program". Current.
- ^ Sefton, Dru (October 2, 2014). "Libertarian Senate candidate sues Kentucky Educational Television over exclusion from campaign forum". Current.
- ^ Beam, Adam (October 12, 2014). "Judge denies Libertarian in Ky. Senate debate". The Courier-Journal.
- ^ Lovan, Dylan (January 25, 2016). "Ark Encounter Builder Wins Legal Battle Over Tax Incentive". WPCO.com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ Caproni, Erin (January 26, 2016). "Judge Rules on Ark Encounter Incentives". Cincinnati Business Courier. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/kentucky/kyedce/3:2017cv00060/83733/26/ March 30, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Trump Can't Block Twitter Followers, Federal Appeals Court Rules," NPR. July 9, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Federal judge rules all Kentucky churches can have in-person services starting this Sunday". WKYT. May 8, 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ Wolfson, Andrew (2020-05-08). "Federal judge rules that Kentucky churches can hold in-person services starting Sunday". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ a b c Liptak, Adam (December 17, 2020). "Supreme Court Rejects Religious School's Challenge to Kentucky Virus Order". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Courier-Journal". The Courier-Journal.
Sources
- Gregory F. Van Tatenhove at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.