Randolph Moss
Randolph Moss | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
Assumed office November 14, 2014 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Robert L. Wilkins |
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel | |
In office 1998 – 2001[1] Acting until 2000 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Dawn Johnsen |
Succeeded by | Jay Bybee |
Personal details | |
Born | Randolph Daniel Moss April 27, 1961 ) |
Randolph Daniel Moss (born April 27, 1961) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Biography
Moss was born Raymond Daniel Moss in
Federal agency service
In 2000, when Moss was an assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) of the United States Department of Justice, he wrote the memorandum opinion advising that the Department could not indict a sitting president.[5] "The indictment or criminal prosecution of a sitting President would unconstitutionally undermine the capacity of the executive branch to perform its constitutionally assigned functions."[5]
The
Federal judicial service
On April 3, 2014, President
Notable rulings
In May 2016, Moss found that the
On October 16, 2018, Moss ruled against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos after she stopped an Obama-era rule from taking effect which protected students against fraud from for-profit colleges.[14][15]
On March 1, 2020, Moss ruled that President Donald Trump unlawfully installed Ken Cuccinelli as acting Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and that therefore, certain directives related to removal of undocumented immigrants seeking asylum he implemented “must be set aside.”[16]
On December 26, 2020, Moss ruled that the
On July 19, 2021, Moss sentenced Paul Hodgkins, a Florida man who participated in the
See also
References
- ^ a b "District Judge Randolph D Moss | United States District Court". www.dcd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ "- CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS". www.gpo.gov.
- National Archives.
- ^ a b Randolph Moss at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b "A Sitting President's Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution, October 16, 2000" (PDF). Department of Justice. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ a b "Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election, March 2019". The New York Times. 18 April 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- National Archives.
- ^ "May 20, 2014: Judicial Nominations". United States Senate.
- ^ "Executive Business Meeting" (PDF). United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Randolph D. Moss, of Maryland, to be U.S. District Judge for D.C.)". United States Senate. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Randolph D. Moss, of Maryland, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia)". United States Senate. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ Note, Recent Case: D.C. Circuit Finds Ethiopia Immune in Hacking Suit, 131 Harv. L. Rev. 1179 (2018).
- ^ Doe v. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 189 F. Supp. 3d 6 (D.D.C. 2016).
- ^ Rodrigo, Chris Mills (2018-10-16). "Court rules Obama-era student loan regulations must take effect". TheHill. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
- ^ Lobosco, Katie (2018-10-18). "Obama-era student debt relief takes effect". CNN.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
- ^ "Civil Action No. 19-2676(RDM)" (PDF). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Balsamo, Michael (December 26, 2020). "Judge delays execution of Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Appeals court vacates order delaying Lisa Montgomery's execution". www.cbsnews.com. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Florida man gets 8 months in prison in 1st felony sentence from Capitol riot". NBC News. July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
External links
- Randolph Moss at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Randolph Moss at Ballotpedia