Richard C. Wesley

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Richard C. Wesley
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 1, 2016
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office
June 12, 2003 – August 1, 2016
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPierre N. Leval
Succeeded byRichard J. Sullivan
Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
In office
January 3, 1997 – June 12, 2003
Appointed byGeorge Pataki
Preceded byRichard D. Simons
Succeeded byRobert S. Smith
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 136th district
In office
January 1, 1983 – December 31, 1986
Preceded byJames L. Emery
Succeeded byJohn Hasper
Personal details
Born
Richard Carl Wesley

(1949-08-01) August 1, 1949 (age 75)
Canandaigua, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity at Albany, SUNY (BA)
Cornell University (JD)

Richard Carl Wesley (born August 1, 1949) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Early life and career

He was born on August 1, 1949, in

State University of New York at Albany followed by Cornell Law School, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971 and Juris Doctor in 1974, respectively. He began his career as a lawyer in private practice in Pittsford and Geneseo, New York, between 1976 and 1987. He entered politics as a Republican, and was assistant counsel to the minority party in the New York State Assembly from 1979 to 1982. He was a member of the Assembly from 1983 to 1986, sitting in the 185th and 186th New York State Legislatures.[1]

Judicial career

State judicial service

Wesley's judicial career began with his election to the

New York State Supreme Court in 1986. He served as a trial judge on the Supreme Court from 1987 to 1994, when he was appointed to the Appellate Division. He was an associate justice of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department from 1994 to 1996. In 1997, Governor George Pataki selected Wesley as his first appointee to serve as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, which he did until 2003.[1]

Federal judicial service

On March 5, 2003, President George W. Bush nominated Wesley to the Second Circuit in order to fill the seat vacated by Judge Pierre N. Leval, who assumed senior status. The United States Senate confirmed Wesley's nomination just over three months later on June 11, 2003, by a 96–0 vote.[2] He received his commission on June 12, 2003. He assumed senior status on August 1, 2016.[1] Wesley along with José A. Cabranes and Raymond Lohier were present to a case brought by police auditor Sean Paul Reyes (Long Island Audit) to a Preliminary Injunction concerning recording inside the lobby of police precincts in New York.[3] The case was defended by Chase Mechanick for the City of New York and for Reyes Andrew Case was the Lawyer on record.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Wesley, Richard C. - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
  2. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Richard C. Wesley, Of New York, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge)".
  3. ^ Preliminary Injunction Oral Arguments *AUDIO* 2nd Circuit Court Of Appeals | Reyes V. NYPD. Retrieved 2024-04-01 – via www.youtube.com.
Political offices
Preceded by Member of the New York Assembly
from the 136th district
1983–1986 		Succeeded by
John Hasper
Legal offices
Preceded by Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
1997–2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
2003–2016 		Succeeded by
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