Tom Kleeh

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Tom Kleeh
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 19, 2022

On August 31, 2023, Kleeh upheld the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban and the National Firearms Act as applied to short-barreled shotguns under New York State Rifle Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen . [11]

On December 1, 2023, Kleeh declared that the minimum age requirement for handgun purchases is unconstitutional under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen . [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Attorney Thomas Shawn Kleeh". Lawyer Central. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Snoderly, JoAnn (October 13, 2019). "'I've never had dreams this big': Judge Kleeh closes in on one year as federal judge in NCWV". WV News. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Eleventh Wave of Judicial Nominees – The White House". trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov.
  4. ↑ "PN1644 - Nomination of Thomas S. Kleeh for The Judiciary, 115th Congress (2017-2018) | Congress.gov | Library of Congress". October 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nominations | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. April 25, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – May 24, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Thomas S. Kleeh, of West Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia)". United States Senate . October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ Tom Kleeh at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  9. ↑ Shane III, Leo (May 11, 2021). "Former VA health worker sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven patients via insulin poisoning". Military Times. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  10. ↑ Harvey, Matt (October 26, 2022). "Jury selection & trial set for Dec. 13 in slaying of Whitey Bulger". WV News. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  11. ↑ "US v. Delauder Denial of Dismissal" (PDF). CourtListener. August 31, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Brown v. ATF Opinion" (PDF). CourtListener. December 1, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
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2018–present		Incumbent
Preceded byChief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
2022–present
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