Joyce Hens Green
Joyce Hens Green | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Assumed office July 1, 1995 | |
| Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
| In office May 19, 1990 – May 19, 1995 | |
| Appointed by | William Rehnquist |
| Preceded by | James Ellsworth Noland |
| Succeeded by | Royce Lamberth |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| In office May 11, 1979 – July 1, 1995 | |
| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Howard Francis Corcoran |
| Succeeded by | Henry H. Kennedy Jr. |
| Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
| In office 1968–1979 | |
| Appointed by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Henry H. Kennedy Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 13, 1928[1] New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | University of Maryland, College Park (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
Joyce Hens Green (born November 13, 1928) is a
Education and career
Born in 1928 in
Federal judicial service
On March 6, 1979, President Jimmy Carter nominated Green to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to a seat vacated by Judge Howard Francis Corcoran. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 10, 1979, and received her commission on May 11, 1979. She took senior status on July 1, 1995, and was succeeded by Henry H. Kennedy Jr., who had also succeeded her on the Superior Court bench.[3] Green was a member of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) from May 1988 until May 1995, and served as its Presiding Judge from May 1990 until May 1995.[2]
Professional affiliations
Green is a member of the
On June 16, 2004, Green received an American Inns of Court Professionalism Award.[1] She has received the George Washington University's Professional Achievement Award (1975); been named "Woman Lawyer of the Year" by the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia (1979); and received a certificate of appreciation from the Chief Justice of the United States (1995).
Significant cases
IRS v. The Church of Scientology
In 1992, Judge Green ruled in favor of the Church of Scientology in the case of Church of Scientology v. Internal Revenue Service on a pretrial motion for summary judgment.
Release of BCCI's frozen assets
On September 1, 1995, Green Ordered $393 million seized from the Bank of Credit and Commerce International turned over to the bank's victims.[2] BCCI had been involved in criminal activity and its assets had been freed in 1992. Green had heard, and ruled on, three challenges to the release of the seized funds.
FEC v. The Christian Coalition
Green ruled against the Federal Election Commission in Federal Election Commission v. The Christian Coalition Civil Action No. 96-1781 Opinion & Order; and Judgment, filed August 2, 1999.[3][4] The FEC had challenged the propriety of the Christian Coalition's distribution of voter guides, on the grounds it had been too closely tied to large corporate donors.
But, Green's 108-page judgment had supported the FEC in two instances; when the Christian Coalition had broken FEC guidelines in their explicit advocacy of the re-election of Newt Gingrich; and when the Christian Coalition had handed over their membership list to Senate candidate Oliver North.
In re Guantanamo Detainee Cases
Following the
On January 31, 2005, Judge Green ruled that:
(1) detainees had the fundamental
(2) complaints stated a claim for violation of due process based on Combatant Status Review Tribunal's ("CSRT") extensive reliance on classified information in its resolution of "enemy combatant" status of detainees, the detainees' inability to review that information, and the prohibition of assistance by counsel jointly deprived detainees of sufficient notice of the factual bases for their detention and denied them a fair opportunity to challenge their incarceration;
(3) due process required that CSRTs sufficiently consider whether the evidence upon which the tribunal relied in making its "enemy combatant" determinations had been obtained through torture;
(4) complaints stated a claim for violation of due process based on the government's employment of an overly broad definition of "enemy combatant" subject to indefinite detention; and
(5)
Notes
- ^ Hon. Joyce Hens Green, American Inns of Court Professionalism Award, June 16, 2004
- ^ Federal Court releases $393 million fdr BCCI victims, Department of Justice, September 1, 1995
- ^ Federal Election Commission v. Christian Coalition, United States Court of the District of Columbia, August 3, 1999
- Washington Post, August 3, 1999
- ^ Resolution of the Executive Session, United States Court of the District of Columbia, September 15, 2004, resolution assigning Green the senior role in reviewing Guantanamo detainees legal requests
- Washington Post, February 1, 2005
- ^ Judge Backs Guantanamo Detainee Challenges: Judge Allows Some Guantanamo Detainees to Challenge Confinement, Criticizes White House Policy Archived April 5, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, ABC News, January 31, 2005
- Washington Post, February 1, 2005
- Salon (magazine), February 1, 2005
- Washington Post, March 27, 2005
- ^ Mustafa Aid Idir's dossier (.pdf) Archived January 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine from his CSRT, pages 26–27 of 53.
See also
References
- ISBN 1857431227.
- ^ a b Joyce Hens Green at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission" (PDF).
- ^ In re Guantanamo Detainee Cases, 355 F.Supp.2d 443 (D.D.C. 2005).
External links
- Judge Green's official bio
- Legends in the Law: A Conversation with Joyce Hens Green Archived March 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, District of Columbia Bar Report, 1999
- Joyce Hens Green at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.