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Rudolph Contreras
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 2012
Rudolph Contreras , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Rudolph Contreras (born December 6, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He served as Presiding Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2021 to 2023. In December 2017 he briefly presided over the case of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, accepting Flynn's guilty plea, but was later recused from the case.
Education
- Florida State UniversityB.S., 1984
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)J.D., 1991
Career
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1991-1994; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1994-2003, 2006-2012; chief, Civil Division, 2006-2012; Assistant U.S. attorney and chief of Civil Division, District of Delaware, 2003-2006
Biography
Rudolph Contreras (born December 6, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He served as Presiding Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2021 to 2023. In December 2017 he briefly presided over the case of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, accepting Flynn's guilty plea, but was later recused from the case.
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