Andrew S. Hanen
| Andrew S. Hanen | |
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| File:Judge Andrew S. Hanen.jpg | |
| Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
| Assumed office May 10, 2002 |
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| Nominated by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Filemon Vela, Sr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew Scott Hanen December 10, 1953 [1] Elgin, Illinois |
| Alma mater | Denison University (1975) Baylor Law School (1978) |
Andrew Scott Hanen (born December 10, 1953) is a United States federal judge of the Federal District Court in Brownsville, Texas
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Early life
Hanen was born in Elgin, Illinois, but was raised in Waco, Texas. He received a B.A., with honors, from Denison University in 1975 and a J.D. from Baylor Law School in 1978, where he graduated first in his class. He was a briefing attorney to the Hon. Joe Greenhill, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, from 1978 to 1979.[2]
Career
He was in private practice in Houston, Texas from 1979 to 2002.[2]
In 1992, Hanen was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to be a United States District Judge, but the nomination lapsed.[2]
On January 23, 2002, he was again nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas vacated by Filemon Vela, Sr. Hanen was confirmed by a 97-0 vote of the United States Senate on May 9, 2002,[3] and received his commission on May 10, 2002. Hanen maintains chambers in Brownsville, Texas.[4]
Notable case
Hanen presided over the case of Texas v. United States is a pending United States Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program. Hanen is the trial court judge.
Sanctions on Department of Justice attorneys
On May 19, 2016, while the case awaits the Supreme Court, Hanen demanded ethics classes for Department of Justice lawyers and ordering other sanctions for those who argued Texas v. United States, involving President Obama’s immigration executive actions.[5] Hanen accused the lawyers of lying to him during arguments in the case, and he barred them from appearing in his courtroom.[5] He accusing the Department of Justice of a “calculated plan of unethical conduct.”[6] Hanen also ordered Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appoint someone within the department to ensure compliance with his order.[6]
References
- ↑ "Andrew Scott Hanen". The Complete Marquis Who's Who Biographies. Accessed February 17, 2015 via LexisNexis.
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- Andrew S. Hanen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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- ↑ txs.uscourts.gov: "United States District Judge Andrew S. Hanen"
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External links
- Andrew S. Hanen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by | Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas 2002–present |
Incumbent |
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
- Texas lawyers
- People from Waco, Texas
- Denison University alumni
- Baylor Law School alumni
- People from Houston, Texas
- People from Elgin, Illinois
