Juan Ramon Sánchez
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Juan Ramon Sánchez | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| In office August 1, 2018 – March 4, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Lawrence F. Stengel |
| Succeeded by | Mitchell S. Goldberg |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office June 24, 2004 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Jay Waldman |
| Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Chester County | |
| In office 1998 – June 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 22, 1955[1] Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, U.S. |
| Education | City College of New York (BA) University of Pennsylvania (JD) |
Juan Ramon Sánchez (born December 22, 1955) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He served as the chief judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 2018 to 2024.
Education and career
Born in
Federal judicial service
On November 25, 2003, Sánchez was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Jay Waldman. Sánchez was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 23, 2004, and received his commission on June 24, 2004.
On August 1, 2018, Sánchez became the first Latino chief judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, due to the announced retirement of Lawrence F. Stengel.[2] Sánchez resigned from that position on March 4, 2024.
In February 2019, Sanchez found that the University of the Sciences had not breached its contractual promise of a fair process when it expelled a student accused of campus sexual assault without providing a live hearing or an opportunity to cross examine witnesses.[3][4] His judgment was then reversed by the unanimous United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in May 2020.[5]
See also
- List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists
- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Pennsylvania
References
- ^ Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, Part 6
- ^ "New chief judge named for U.S. District Court". August 2, 2018. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ^ Note, Recent Case: Third Circuit Holds Pennsylvania Law Guarantees a “Real, Live, and Adversarial Hearing”, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 2590 (2021)..
- ^ Doe v. Univ. of the Scis., No. 19-358 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 14, 2019).
- ^ Doe v. University of the Sciences, 961 F.3d 203 (3d Cir. 2020).
External links
- Juan Ramon Sánchez at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
