John Badalamenti

John Leonard Badalamenti (born 1973)[1] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

John Badalamenti
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Assumed office
April 20, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byElizabeth A. Kovachevich
Judge of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal
In office
April 29, 2015 – June 4, 2020
Appointed byRick Scott
Preceded byCharles A. Davis
Succeeded bySuzanne Labrit
Personal details
Born
John Leonard Badalamenti

1973 (age 49–50)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Florida (BA, MA, JD)

Biography

Badalamenti received a Bachelor of Arts in 1995, with highest honors, a Master of Arts in 1999, and a Juris Doctor in 1999, with honors, from the University of Florida. He began his career in the U.S. Attorney General's Honors Program, serving as an attorney-advisor at the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 1999 to 2000. He first clerked for Judge Frank M. Hull of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from 2000 to 2001. Badalamenti was also an associate at Carlton Fields, P.A. from 2001 to 2002.[2] Then, he clerked for Judge Paul Hitch Roney of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from 2003 to 2006. He served for nearly a decade as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Middle District of Florida from 2006 to 2015. He is an Eagle Scout and serves as a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America.[2][3]

Badalamenti was counsel of record, authored the petition for writ of certiorari, and presented oral argument in the Supreme Court of the United States for the prevailing petitioner, a fisherman, who was charged under a criminal provision, 18 U.S.C. § 1519, of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for destroying undersized fish to prevent their seizure by federal authorities.Yates v. United States (2015), 135 S. Ct. 1074 (2015).[4][5][6]

As a child, Badalamenti lived in the Gravesend Neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, attending Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy.[7] He is the nephew of Angelo Badalamenti, an American music composer.

Judicial service

State judicial service

From 2015 to 2020, Badalamenti served as a Judge of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal after being appointed by Governor Rick Scott.[2][3]

Notable cases

In 2020, as part of a three-judge panel, Badalamenti overturned a lower court decision allowing the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) to have foster children vaccinated over parental objections.[8]

He concurred without comment in a case where a former same-sex partner requested parental rights to his former partner's biological child.[9][10]

Federal judicial service

On December 23, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Badalamenti to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.[3] On February 4, 2020, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate. President Trump nominated Badalamenti to the seat vacated by Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich, who assumed senior status on December 14, 2018.[11] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on February 12, 2020.[12] On March 12, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–6 vote.[13] On May 21, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 65–28 vote.[14] On June 1, 2020, his nomination was confirmed by a 55–22 vote.[15] He received his judicial commission on June 4, 2020.[16]

References
  1. "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: John Badalamenti" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  2. "Judge John L. Badalamenti". Second District Court of Appeal. Archived from the original on 2019-12-24. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov. December 23, 2019. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021 – via National Archives. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. "Yates v. United States". SCOTUSblog. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  5. Kendall, Brent (February 25, 2021). "Supreme Court Faults Use of Sarbanes-Oxley in Fisherman Case". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  6. Kendall, Brett (November 5, 2015). "Supreme Court Objects to Application of Sarbanes-Oxley on Commercial Fisherman: Florida Fisherman Accused of Destroying Evidence That He Harvested Undersized Fish". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  7. Hooker, Michael (March 1, 2021). "Meet the Judge: Judge Badalamenti goes 'Off the Record'" (PDF). Hillsborough County Bar Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  8. Florida, News Service of (3 February 2020). "Foster Children Immunization Ruling Overturned". health.wusf.usf.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  9. Florida, News Service of (23 July 2019). "Florida Court Rejects Same-Sex Couple's 'Coparenting Agreement'". health.wusf.usf.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  10. Judge, SILBERMAN. "SPRINGER v. SPRINGER | 277 So.3d 727 (2019) |... | 20190719180| Leagle.com". Leagle. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  11. ""Eleven Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, February 4, 2020". Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  12. "Nominations for February 12, 2020". Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  13. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 12, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF). Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  14. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Leonard Badalamenti to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida) United States Senate, May 21, 2020". Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  15. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: John Leonard Badalamenti, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida) United States Senate, June 1, 2020". Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  16. John Badalamenti at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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