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James Boasberg

James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg (born 1963) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed in 2011 by President Barack Obama and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Boasberg previously served as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, having been appointed by President George W. Bush. Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Boasberg to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) in 2014, and he served as the presiding judge of the FISC from 2020 to 2021. In 2020, he was appointed to the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court and designated chief judge.

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Preceded by
Gregory Mize
Succeeded by
John F. McCabe
Appointed by
George W. Bush
Born
James Emanuel Boasberg1963 (age 61–62)San Francisco, California, U.S.
Spouse
mw- Elizabeth Manson (m. 1991)
Education
Yale University (BA, JD)St Peter's College, Oxford (MSt)

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Preceded byThomas F. Hogan
Preceded byThomas F. Hogan
Legal offices
Preceded byThomas F. Hogan
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 2011–present
Legal offices
Incumbent
Preceded byBeryl Howell
Preceded byBeryl Howell
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Preceded byBeryl Howell
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 2023–present
Preceded byReggie Walton
Preceded byReggie Walton
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Preceded byReggie Walton
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Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 2014–2021
Legal offices
Succeeded byAmit Mehta
Preceded byRosemary M. Collyer
Preceded byRosemary M. Collyer
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Preceded byRosemary M. Collyer
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Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 2020–2021
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Succeeded byRudolph Contreras
Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court 2020–2025
Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court 2020–2025
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Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court 2020–2025
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Succeeded bySara Elizabeth Lioi
Chief Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court 2020–2025
Chief Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court 2020–2025
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Chief Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court 2020–2025
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Succeeded byJoan N. Ericksen
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Preceded byThomas F. Hogan
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 2011–present
Incumbent
Preceded byBeryl Howell
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 2023–present
Preceded byReggie Walton
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 2014–2021
Succeeded byAmit Mehta
Preceded byRosemary M. Collyer
Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 2020–2021
Succeeded byRudolph Contreras
Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court 2020–2025
Succeeded bySara Elizabeth Lioi
Chief Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court 2020–2025
Succeeded byJoan N. Ericksen

References

  1. Hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on the nomination of James "Jeb" E. Boasberg to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, June 26, 2002
    https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-k1AAAAIAAJ&q=1963
  2. District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission
    http://jnc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/jnc/publication/attachments/Record-JNC-Recs-Desigs-Oct13.pdf
  3. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/26/style/elizabeth-leslie-manson-is-married-to-j-e-boasberg-in-new-hampshire.html
  4. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sally-boasberg-landscape-designer-and-advocate-for-districts-green-spaces-dies-at-74/2012/04/03/gIQANEDCuS_story.html
  5. Rocky Mountain News
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090303003559/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/08/boasberg-44-chosen-new-dps-superindendent/
  6. The Denver Post
    https://www.denverpost.com/2009/01/20/boosters-say-boasbergs-the-man-to-lead-dps/
  7. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/09/18/national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists-announced/98154889-ddb5-41ac-aeb5-99a4dc5dfdfc/
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  9. The New York Times
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    https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393651
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  15. District of Columbia Judicial Nominating Commission
    https://jnc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/jnc/publication/attachments/2024%20JNC%20Report%20of%20Recomendations_FINAL%202.pdf
  16. The White House
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    https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting-07252002/
  18. U.S. Government Printing Office
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  19. Main Justice
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    https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00039.htm
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  22. Secrecy News
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  24. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/us/politics/surveillance-court-fisa.html
  25. Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/04/03/federal-court-orders-government-assess-whether-fisa-applications-were-so-flawed-they-should-not-have-been-approved/
  26. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/18/boasberg-judge-trump-deport-venezuelan/
  27. CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/26/justice/bin-laden-photos/index.html
  28. Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Defense
    https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4211236/judicial-watch-inc-v-us-department-of-defense/
  29. CBS News
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-orders-expedited-release-of-15000-hillary-clinton-documents-found-by-fbi/
  30. Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State
    https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4213655/judicial-watch-inc-v-us-department-of-state/
  31. The Hill
    https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/347130-federal-court-cant-force-irs-to-release-trumps-tax-returns/
  32. Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Internal Revenue Service
    https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4685493/electronic-privacy-information-center-v-internal-revenue-service/
  33. "Federal judge blocks Medicaid work rules in blow to Trump"
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-judge-blocks-medicaid-work-rules-blow-trump-n988201
  34. Gresham v. Azar
    https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7658871/gresham-v-azar/
  35. NPR
    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/22/514988040/key-moments-in-the-dakota-access-pipeline-fight
  36. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4498463/standing-rock-sioux-tribe-v-united-states-army-corps-of-engineers/
  37. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/climate/dakota-access-pipeline-sioux.html
  38. NPR.org
    https://www.npr.org/2020/07/06/887593775/court-rules-that-dakota-access-pipeline-must-be-emptied-for-now
  39. Jamestown Sun
    https://www.jamestownsun.com/business/energy-and-mining/6605034-Court-issues-mixed-ruling-on-DAPL-letting-the-pipeline-stay-open-during-appeal
  40. Boston Globe
    https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/09/metro/major-ruling-right-whales-federal-judge-rules-that-regulators-violated-endangered-species-act/
  41. Center for Biological Diversity v. Ross
    https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6262215/center-for-biological-diversity-v-ross/
  42. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/deportation-alleged-gang-members-el-salvador
  43. Associated Press
    https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-el-salvador-immigration-dd4f61999f85c4dd8bcaba7d4fc7c9af
  44. Office of Public Affairs
    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-pamela-bondi-federal-judge-blocking-deportations
  45. Just Security
    https://www.justsecurity.org/109173/timeline-flight-el-salvador-judge-order/
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    https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/tom-homan-deportation-flights-trump-court-order
  47. Axios
    https://www.axios.com/2025/03/16/trump-white-house-defy-judge-deport-venezuelans
  48. The Hill
    https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5198986-trump-white-house-deportation-flights-immigration-southern-border/
  49. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrdp9jdpyko
  50. The Hill
    https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5201175-trump-urges-boasberg-impeachment/
  51. NBC News
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna196883
  52. American Oversight v. Hegseth
    https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69788832/american-oversight-v-hegseth/
  53. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-trump-deportation-case-assigned-lawsuit-over-signal-scandal-2025-03-26/
  54. The Atlantic
    https://web.archive.org/web/20250326171911/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/
  55. AP News
    https://apnews.com/article/meta-antitrust-ftc-instagram-whatsapp-c36b941a372321e4ecd05e83e0db1678
  56. AP News
    https://apnews.com/article/boasberg-salvador-venezuela-trump-misconduct-complaint-b5f5e982263b95f32e4229aefe312f12
  57. ABA Journal
    https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bondi-files-ethics-complaint-against-federal-judge-who-reportedly-expressed-concern-about-constitutional-crisis
  58. Reason
    https://reason.com/volokh/2025/07/29/an-update-on-the-leak-from-the-judicial-conference/
  59. GovInfo, U.S. Government Publishing Office
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-116/pdf/STATUTE-116-Pg1758.pdf#page=91
  60. One First
    https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/170-dojs-ridiculous-misconduct-complaint
  61. "Republican lawmakers resurrect impeachment of DC Fed Judge Boasberg"
    https://www.courthousenews.com/republican-lawmakers-resurrect-impeachment-of-dc-fed-judge-boasberg/
  62. The Washington Times
    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/4/congressman-moves-impeach-judge-boasberg-weaponization-courts-trump/
  63. "Boasberg's role in 'Arctic Frost' probe sparks fury from GOP senators, despite local rules"
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/boasbergs-role-arctic-frost-investigation-sparks-criticism-from-gop-senators
  64. Law360
    https://www.law360.com/articles/2409622
  65. Roll Call
    https://rollcall.com/2025/12/02/senate-panel-sets-up-hearing-on-impeachments-of-rogue-judges/
  66. The Denver Post
    https://www.denverpost.com/2009/01/08/finalist-is-the-face-behind-recent-efforts/
  67. The Denver Post
    https://www.denverpost.com/2009/01/22/boasberg-is-unanimous-pick-for-superintendent/
  68. "The Trial of Hamlet"
    https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/trial-of-hamlet/
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