Timothy Batten | |
---|---|
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | |
Assumed office May 8, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Thomas W. Thrash Jr. |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | |
Assumed office March 28,2006 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Willis B. Hunt Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Timothy Carroll Batten 1960 (age 63–64) Atlanta,Georgia,U.S. |
Education | Georgia Institute of Technology (BS) University of Georgia (JD) |
Timothy Carroll Batten Sr. (born 1960) is the chief judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Batten was born in Atlanta. He received a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude in industrial management from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1981, [1] [2] and a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1984. He practiced with the firm of Schreeder,Wheeler &Flint in Atlanta from 1984 to 2006.
On September 28,2005,Batten was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Batten was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 6,2006,and received his commission on March 28,2006. [3]
On November 25,2020,Judge Batten was assigned Pearson v. Kemp , [4] a lawsuit filed by pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell alleging fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The case was dismissed from the bench by Batten on December 7,2020. [5]
He became the chief judge on May 8,2021,after Thomas W. Thrash Jr. assumed senior status. [6]
Fayette County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census,the population was 119,194,an increase from 106,567 in 2010. Fayette County was established in 1821. The county seat,Fayetteville,was established in 1823. Much of Fayette County is bordered on the east side by the Flint River.
The University of Georgia School of Law is the law school of the University of Georgia,a public research university in Athens,Georgia. It was founded in 1859,making it among the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation. Georgia Law accepted 14.77% of applicants for the class entering in 2023.
Lucian Lincoln Wood Jr. is an American former attorney who made claims about the existence of widespread election fraud during the 2020 US presidential election. He has faced legal sanctions for lawsuits made in furtherance of these claims in the state of Michigan. In July 2023,while facing investigation and possible disciplinary action by the State Bar of Georgia for violating the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct,Wood surrendered his law license and asked to retire rather than face disbarment.
Frank Mays Hull is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Phyllis Adele Kravitch was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and later the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta,Georgia.
Gerald Bard Tjoflat is an American lawyer and Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He previously served as a U.S. district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida from 1970 to 1975 and as a state court judge on the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida from 1968 to 1970.
Susan Naomi Oki Mollway is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the first East Asian woman and Japanese-American woman ever appointed to a life-time position on the federal bench.
James Clinkscales Hill was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Willis Beverly Hunt Jr. is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Sidney Oslin Smith Jr. was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
George Ernest Tidwell was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Amy Mil Totenberg is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She previously worked in private practice in Atlanta and also formerly served as a Special master for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Steve CarMichael Jones is a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and a former Georgia Superior Court judge.
Linda Vivienne Parker is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Jean-Paul "J. P." Boulee is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Christian Aaron Coomer is an American lawyer who served as a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals from 2018 to 2023. In August 2023,Coomer was removed from office by the Georgia Supreme Court for "patterns of bad faith behavior".
Steven Daniel Grimberg is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Sidney Katherine Powell is an American attorney,former federal prosecutor,and conspiracy theorist who attempted to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. In August 2023,she was indicted along with Donald Trump and eighteen others in the prosecution related to the 2020 election in Georgia,arising from the attempt by the former president and his allies to subvert the election outcome in Georgia and other key states lost by Trump. In October 2023,as part of an agreement with Georgia prosecutors,she pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts of conspiring to intentionally interfere with the performance of election duties. She was sentenced to six years of probation and agreed to testify against the other defendants.
In direct response to election changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 United States presidential election in Georgia;the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign launched numerous civil lawsuits contesting the election processes of Georgia. All of these were either dismissed or dropped.