Lewis A. Kaplan
| Lewis A. Kaplan | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
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Assumed office February 1, 2011 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
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In office August 10, 1994 – February 1, 2011 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Gerard Louis Goettel |
| Succeeded by | Ronnie Abrams |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 23, 1944 Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of Rochester Harvard Law School |
Lewis A. Kaplan (born December 23, 1944) is a Senior United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He took senior status on February 1, 2011.
Born in Staten Island, New York, Kaplan received an A.B. from the University of Rochester in 1966 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1969. He served as a law clerk for Judge Edward McEntee, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, from 1969 to 1970. Kaplan was in private practice in New York City from 1970 to 1994 and was a Special Master, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, from 1982 to 1983.
On May 5, 1994, Kaplan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Gerard Louis Goettel. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 9, 1994, and received his commission on August 10, 1994. He took senior status on February 1, 2011, and was succeeded by Judge Ronnie Abrams.
Kaplan presided over the first case where charges against Guantanamo captives were laid in a civilian court. On February 9, 2010, Kaplan ordered Ahmed Ghailani's prosecution to review the record of Ghailani's detention in the CIA's network of black sites. According to the New York Times any materials that show the decisions “were for a purpose other than national security,” must be turned over to Ghailani's lawyers.
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