FISA JUDGES [CP]
SALLY QUILLIAN YATES - FISA Judge #1
Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates, who was fired by President Donald Trump just about one week into his presidency after she disagreed with him and his immigration executive order.
Sally Caroline Yates is an American lawyer. She served as a United States Attorney and later United States Deputy Attorney General, having been appointed to both positions by President Barack Obama. Wikipedia
DOB: August 20, 1960 (age 57 years), Atlanta, GA
United States Attorney General (2017–2017)
Spouse - Comer Yates
Comer Yates- first ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia’s 4th congressional district in 1994, but lost to Republican Rep. John Linder.
Comer Yates tried to win the seat again, this time against Democrat Rep. Cynthia McKinney in 1996. He said at the time that his campaign strategy shouldn’t just be to frustrate Republican Newt Gingrich, who served as a representative in Georgia’s 6th district for 20 years (1979-1999).
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ROSEMARY M. COLLYER - FISA Judge #2
Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and currently the Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
DOB: November 19, 1945 (age 72 years)
On April 20, 2017 Landmark Legal Foundation filed a Motion for Leave to Appear as Amicus Curiae and for En Banc Order Directing Investigation with Judge Collyer which requested the Court under her oversight exercise its inherent authority to protect the administration of justice and the integrity of the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) process by issuing an order directing an investigation into the apparent unlawful leaking of surveillance activity conducted in accordance with the rulings of the Court.
MICHAEL W. MOSMAN - FISA Judge #3 NOTABLE
Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, and is simultaneously serving a 2013-2020 term on the FISA Court.
Judge Mosman ruled that the Vatican is not the employer of Catholic priests, rendering alleged sexual abuse victims unable to pursue claims against the Vatican for financial damages due to actions of Catholic priests. Judge Mosman handed down the ruling on August 20, 2012, in the last remaining major U.S. sex abuse case against the Vatican. Cases filed against the Vatican in Kentucky and Wisconsin were dropped in previous years.
DOB: December 23, 1956 (age 61 years)
Spouse: Suzanne Hogan
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Anne C. Conway - FISA judge #4
American lawyer and Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She is also serving as a Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Chief United States District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced Samuel Dunn (22, Lake Mary) to 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. The Court also ordered him to serve a 15-year term of supervision following his release from prison and to forfeit the electronic devices that he had used to commit the crime. Dunn pleaded guilty on November 19, 2014.
DOB: July 30, 1950 (age 67 years)
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Raymond Joseph Dearie
American lawyer who is serving as a Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and who also currently serves as a United States District Judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie rejected a magistrate’s decision in U.S. v. Eric Hoffmann, 93 Cr. 948 (see NYLJ, Oct. 20, vacating the conviction of Eric Hoffman for public lewdness in a secluded area of Gateway National Recreation Area.
The arresting police officer was out looking for persons engaged in homosexual activity, and came across Hoffman among the shrubbery at 8:45 p.m. on a Sunday evening. The magistrate took the position that outdoors activity was "public" and convicted
Hoffman, imposing a small fine. Dearie disagreed, citing People v. McNamara, 578 N.Y.S.2d 476 (NY Ct. App. 1991), in which NY’s highest court held that sexual activity in a parked car did not violate laws against public sex if under the circumstances it was
clear that the participants did not intend their activities to be visible to the public.
Dearie’s Sexual Orientation is under debate.
DOB: June 4, 1944 (age 74 years)