Jay Bybee
| Jay Bybee | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
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Assumed office March 21, 2003 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Procter Hug |
| Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel | |
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In office November 2001 – March 13, 2003 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Randolph D. Moss |
| Succeeded by | Jack Goldsmith |
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Jay Scott Bybee October 27, 1953 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Dianna Greer (1986–present) |
| Education | Brigham Young University, Utah (BA, JD) |
Jay Scott Bybee (born October 27, 1953) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has published numerous articles in law journals and has taught in law school. His primary research interests are in constitutional and administrative law.
While serving in the Bush administration as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, United States Department of Justice, he signed the controversial "Torture Memos" in August 2002. These authorized "enhanced interrogation techniques" that were used in the systematic torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention camp beginning in 2002 and at the Abu Ghraib facility following the United States' invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Bybee graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in 1977, majoring in Economics. He earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1980. While in law school, he served on the editorial board of the BYU Law Review. Bybee spent one year as law clerk to judge Donald S. Russell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Following three years of private practice in Washington, D.C., Bybee worked for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1984 to 1989, first in the Office of Legal Policy and then in the Civil Division. From 1989 to 1991, Bybee served as Associate Counsel to President George H. W. Bush.
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