Reggie Walton
| Reggie Barnett Walton | |
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| Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
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In office February 22, 2013 – May 19, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | John D. Bates |
| Succeeded by | Thomas F. Hogan |
| Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
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In office May 19, 2007 – May 19, 2014 |
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| Appointed by | John G. Roberts Jr. |
| Preceded by | Claude M. Hilton |
| Succeeded by | James E. Boasberg |
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
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Assumed office December 31, 2015 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
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In office October 29, 2001 – December 31, 2015 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Stanley Sporkin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Reggie Barnett Walton February 8, 1949 North Charleroi, Pennsylvania |
| Education |
West Virginia State University B.A. American University J.D. |
Reggie Barnett Walton (born February 8, 1949) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He is the former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Walton's father worked two jobs in the steel town Donora, Pennsylvania. He won a football scholarship to get his Bachelor of Arts degree from West Virginia State College in 1971, and then a Juris Doctor from the Washington College of Law at American University in 1974. Walton is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Walton served as an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1981 to 1989 and from 1991 to 2001. He also served as associate director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. In 2001, he was nominated to the federal bench by President George W. Bush, and subsequently confirmed by the United States Senate. In 2004, Bush appointed him to chair the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, investigating ways to curb prison rape. In May 2007, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. appointed him to a seat on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. His term on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ended May 18, 2014. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2015.
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