Amy M. Baggio | |
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| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Oregon | |
| Assumed office August 22, 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Marco A. Hernandez |
| Judge of theMultnomah CountyCircuit Court | |
| In office March 19, 2019 – August 22, 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Kate Brown |
| Preceded by | Marilyn Litzenberger |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Auxier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amy Margaret Baggio 1973 (age 51–52) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Wake Forest University (BA) Lewis & Clark College (JD) |
Amy Margaret Baggio (born 1973)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Oregon since 2024. A native ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, prior to appointment to the bench, she had a career in criminal defense, including as a federal public defender. She also previously served as a judge of theMultnomah CountyCircuit Court from 2019 to 2024.
Baggio was born inPittsburgh.[2] Baggio received aBachelor of Arts in speech communication,cum laude, in 1995 fromWake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and aJuris Doctor in 2001 fromLewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.[3][4]
From 2001 to 2002, Baggio served as a staff attorney in thePortland Office of the Metropolitan Public Defender. From 2002 to 2005, she served as a research and writing attorney and then from 2005 to 2012 as anassistant federal public defender, both within the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon. From 2013 to 2019, she worked as asole practitioner at her own criminal law defense firm, Baggio Law, also inPortland.[3] On March 19, 2019, GovernorKate Brown appointed Baggio to serve as a judge of theMultnomah CountyCircuit Court in Portland, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Marilyn Litzenberger.[2]
In 2021, Baggio presided over a case that raised questions about the quality of medical care at theSnake River Correctional Institution. Baggio ruled that the prison's masking compliance had been inadequate and "creates an unjustifiable risk" throughout the prison.[5][6]
On June 1, 2023, Baggio was one of six names U.S. senatorsRon Wyden andJeff Merkley submitted to the White House.[7] On November 15, 2023, PresidentJoe Biden announced his intent to nominate Baggio to serve as aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Oregon. On November 27, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Baggio to the seat being vacated by JudgeMarco A. Hernandez, who subsequently assumedsenior status on August 21, 2024.[8]
On December 13, 2023, a hearing on her nomination was held before theSenate Judiciary Committee.[9] On January 3, 2024, her nomination was returned to the president underRule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of theUnited States Senate[10] and she was renominated on January 8, 2024.[11] On January 18, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–9 vote.[12][13] On February 6, 2024, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 54–43 vote.[14] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 54–44 vote.[15] She received her judicial commission on August 22, 2024,[16] and was sworn in the next day.[17]
Baggio and Ruben Iniquez, who also worked as an assistant federal public defender, were appointed to representNazar Chaman Gul in his case filed inU.S. District Court. Baggio and Iniquez helped secure the release of Gul, anAfghan imprisoned atGuantanamo Bay Prison since 2003, in what turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.[18]
In 2023, Baggio sentenced Tusitala "Tiny" Toese, a member of theProud Boys, to an additional two years in prison beyond the minimum sentence for his role in a 2021 brawl in eastPortland.[19][20]
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Oregon 2024–present | Incumbent |