Matthew Frederick Leitman
| Matthew Leitman | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
| Assumed office March 14, 2014 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Marianne Battani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 2, 1968 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Harvard University |
Matthew Frederick Leitman (born August 2, 1968) is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Biography
Leitman was born on August 2, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan.[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in 1990 from the University of Michigan. He received a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 1993 from Harvard Law School. He served as a law clerk to Justice Charles L. Levin of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1993 to 1994. From 1994 to 2004, he worked at the law firm of Miro Weiner & Kramer P.C. in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. From 2004 until his move to the federal bench, he served as a principal at the law firm of Miller Canfield P.L.C. in Troy, Michigan, where he handled complex commercial litigation, criminal defense, and appellate matters before both state and federal courts.[2]
Federal judicial service
On July 25, 2013, President Obama nominated Leitman to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, to the seat vacated by Judge Marianne O. Battani, who took senior status on June 10, 2012.[3] On January 16, 2014 his nomination was reported out of committee.[4]
A cloture vote was held on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 on the Leitman nomination; cloture was invoked by a vote of 55-43. On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 the U.S. Senate voted 98-0 for final confirmation.[5] He received his judicial commission on March 14, 2014.[6]
Ballot Qualification Dispute
On May 23, 2014, Judge Leitman ruled that Congressman John Conyers (D-MI 13th) could remain on the election ballot despite a dispute over the validity of signatures on his nominating petition. Michigan election law requires at least 1000 signatures of registered voters for a candidate to be included on a ballot; Conyers submitted 2000 signatures, but most were ruled invalid by a county judge on the grounds that they were not collected by registered voters as required by law. The constitutionality of this signature-gathering requirement was challenged in a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union, and Leitman issued an injunction ordering that Conyers be put back on the ballot, finding that plaintiffs "have shown a substantial likelihood of success" and "time is of the essence".[7][8]
References
- ↑ Lawyer Central profile
- ↑ Nomination announcement from whitehouse.gov
- ↑ Nomination announcement from whitehouse.gov
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- ↑ U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 2nd Session, Vote Summary: Vote Number 68, United States Senate, March 12, 2014
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- ↑ Judge puts Rep. John Conyers back on the ballot in Michigan
- ↑ Judge who put Conyers back on the ballot is one of Harry Reid’s “nuclear option” confirmees
External links
- Matthew Frederick Leitman 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 Eastern District of Michigan 2014–present |
Incumbent |
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Michigan lawyers
- People from Detroit, Michigan
- United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
- University of Michigan alumni
