1. Amos Louis Mazzant III was born on February 22,1965 and is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
14 Facts About Amos Mazzant
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Amos Mazzant received a Juris Doctor in 1990 from the Baylor Law School.
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Amos Mazzant served as a law clerk to Magistrate Judge Robert Faulkner from 1993 to 2003 and Magistrate Judge Don D Bush in 2003, both in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Amos Mazzant served as a justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas, from 2004 to 2009.
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In 2014, Amos Mazzant was recommended to the Obama Administration as a judicial nominee by US Senator Ted Cruz.
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On June 26,2014, President Barack Obama nominated Mazzant to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, to the seat vacated by Judge T John Ward, who retired on October 1,2011.
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Amos Mazzant's nomination was part of a bipartisan package of nominees which included Robert Pitman and Robert W Schroeder III.
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Amos Mazzant received a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary for September 9,2014.
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Amos Mazzant received his federal judicial commission on December 19,2014.
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On October 7,2016, Amos Mazzant conditionally dismissed securities fraud charges filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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On November 22,2016, Amos Mazzant issued a nationwide injunction blocking a regulation by President Barack Obama attempting to adjust the maximum salary where overtime is required, which had not been raised in decades.
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September 8,2017, Amos Mazzant granted the NFLPA's request for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction barring the NFL from imposing a six-game suspension on Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott.
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In February 2023, Amos Mazzant was assigned Michael Irvin's case against Marriott.
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On December 3,2024, Amos Mazzant nationally enjoined the Corporate Transparency Act and its reporting requirements.