1. John Leonard Badalamenti was born on August 22,1973 and is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
13 Facts About John Badalamenti
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John Badalamenti began his career in the US Attorney General's Honors Program, serving as an attorney-advisor at the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 1999 to 2000.
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John Badalamenti first clerked for Judge Frank M Hull of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from 2000 to 2001.
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John Badalamenti served for nearly a decade as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Middle District of Florida from 2006 to 2015.
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John Badalamenti is an Eagle Scout and serves as a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America.
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John Badalamenti was counsel of record, authored the petition for writ of certiorari, and presented oral argument in the Supreme Court of the United States for the prevailing petitioner, a fisherman, who was charged under a criminal provision, 18 USC.
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John Badalamenti is the nephew of Angelo Badalamenti, an American music composer.
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John Badalamenti battled blindness in law school in the 1990s and regained his sight through cornea transplants.
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From 2015 to 2020, John Badalamenti served as a Judge of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal after being appointed by Governor Rick Scott.
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On December 23,2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate John Badalamenti to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
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John Badalamenti received his judicial commission on June 4,2020.
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In 2023, John Badalamenti entered summary judgment against a plaintiff who sued the School Board of Lee County based on termination of a food supply contract with his business.
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John Badalamenti ruled that the School Board's stated interests in terminating the contract outweighed the plaintiff's First Amendment interests.