Jonathan A. Kobes

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Jonathan A. Kobes
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Assumed office
December 12, 2018
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byRoger Leland Wollman
Personal details
Born
Jonathan Allen Kobes

(1974-08-25) August 25, 1974 (age 49)
Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationDordt University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Jonathan Allen Kobes (born August 25, 1974) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Education

Kobes received his

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.[1] During law school, Kobes worked at the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa, and the Chicago office of McDermott Will & Emery.[1]

Legal career

After graduating from law school, Kobes served as a

DuPont Pioneer in Johnston, Iowa, and Director of Corporate Compliance at Raven Industries.[1]

From 2014 to 2018, Kobes worked as General Counsel to U.S. Senator Mike Rounds. He was also a member of the Central Committee of the Lincoln County Republican Party.[2][1]

Federal judicial service

On June 7, 2018, President

Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated Kobes "Not Qualified."[6] The ABA's report said that Kobes was "a very accomplished, competent, and capable person, but his career path has not resulted in sufficient evidence of a developed ability to do the written work of a United States circuit court judge."[7][8] The ABA report questioned Kobes' understanding of "complex legal analysis" and "knowledge of the law".[2] At the time of his nomination, Kobes had tried six cases during his legal career, cases that the ABA considered straightforward and not "legally complex".[2]

On October 11, 2018, Kobes' nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 11–10 vote.[9] On November 29, 2018, the United States Senate invoked cloture on Kobes' nomination by a 50–49 vote, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking the tie.[10] On December 11, 2018, he was confirmed by a 51–50 vote, with Pence casting his vote in the affirmative.[11][12][13] He was the first federal judicial nominee ever confirmed by a tie-breaking vote.[14] Kobes received his judicial commission on December 12, 2018.[15]

Notable cases

In December 2021, Kobes upheld the 20-year prison sentence of a doctor at the

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs who misdiagnosed a patient, resulting in the patient's death.[16][17]

Memberships

Kobes was a member of the Federalist Society from 1999 to 2004.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Jonathan A. Kobes" (PDF).
  2. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  3. National Archives. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
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  5. ^ "Nominations - United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. August 22, 2018.
  6. ^ Gregory, Patrick (September 17, 2018). "ABA Rates Another Trump 8th Circuit Nominee 'Not Qualified'". Bloomberg BNA. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  7. ^ Silverstein, Jason (December 11, 2018). "Federal judge becomes first in U.S. history confirmed by tiebreaker in the Senate". CBS News. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  8. ^ Weiss, Debra Cassens (December 12, 2018). "Pence breaks tie to confirm 8th Circuit nominee with 'not qualified' rating from ABA committee". ABA Journal. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  9. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 11, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF).
  10. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jonathan A. Kobes to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit)". www.senate.gov.
  11. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Jonathan A. Kobes, of South Dakota, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit)". www.senate.gov.
  12. Sioux Falls Argus Leader
    . Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  13. ^ Carney, Jordain (December 11, 2018). "Pence casts tie-breaking vote for Trump appeals court judge". The Hill. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  14. ^ Silverstein, Jason (December 11, 2018). "Federal judge becomes first in U.S. history confirmed by tiebreaker in the Senate". CBS News. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  15. ^ Jonathan A. Kobes at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  16. ^ "Appeals Court Upholds Sentence of Former VA Pathologist". Military.com. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  17. ^ "United States of America v. Robert Levy" (PDF). ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov. December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

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