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Adalberto Jordan

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Adalberto Jordan
United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Tenure
2012 - Present
Years in position
14
Prior offices:
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Years in office: 1999 - 2012
Education
Bachelor's
University of Miami, 1984
Law
University of Miami School of Law, 1987
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Adalberto Jose Jordan is afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. He joined the court in 2012 after an appointment byPresident Barack Obama. Prior to his service on the Eleventh Circuit, he was a district judge on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.[1]

Early life and education

A native of Havana, Cuba, Jordan earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Miami in 1984 and hisJ.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1987.[1]

Professional career

  • 1998-1999: Chief, Appellate Division
  • 1996-1998: Deputy chief, Appellate Division

Judicial nominations and appointments

11th Circuit Court of Appeals

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Nominee Information
Name: Adalberto Jose Jordan
Court:United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 197 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: August 2, 2011
ApprovedAABA Rating:Unanimously Well Qualified
Questionnaire:
ApprovedAHearing: September 20, 2011
Hearing Transcript:Hearing Transcript
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ApprovedAReported: October 13, 2011 
ApprovedAConfirmed: February 15, 2012
ApprovedAVote: 94-5

OnAugust 2, 2011, Jordan was nominated byPresident Barack Obama to a post on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit vacated bySusan Black.[2] Obama commented on the nomination, stating:

“Judge Adalberto José Jordán will bring an unwavering commitment to fairness and judicial integrity to the federal bench. His impressive legal career is a testament to the kind of thoughtful and diligent judge he will be on the Eleventh Circuit. I am honored to nominate him today.[3][4]”

The Hispanic National Bar Association praised the nomination, saying:

“It is high time that a Latino judge be appointed to the Eleventh Circuit, which serves one of the fastest-growing Latino population areas in the United States.[5][4]”

TheAmerican Bar Association rated JordanUnanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[6] Hearings on Jordan's nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 20, 2011, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen.Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on October 13, 2011. Jordan was confirmed on a recorded 94-5 vote of theU.S. Senate on February 15, 2012, and he received his commission on February 17, 2012.[1][7]

Southern District of Florida

Jordan was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by PresidentBill Clinton onMarch 15, 1999, to a seat vacated byLenore Nesbitt. TheAmerican Bar Association rated JordanSubstantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified for the nomination.[8] Hearings on Jordan's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on July 13, 1999, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen.Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on July 22, 1999. Jordan was confirmed on a recorded 93-1 vote of theUnited States Senate on September 8, 1999, and he received his commission the next day. Jordan resigned from the district court on February 24, 2012, upon his elevation to theEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][9] He was succeeded in this position by JudgeRobin L. Rosenberg.

Noteworthy cases

Eleventh Circuit holds that Alabama’s low property tax does not discriminate against poor and minority students (2014)

Students in two poor Alabama counties filed suit against the state ofAlabama claiming that the low amount of property taxes collected in the state discriminated against poor and minority students. Portions of Alabama’s tax code cap the amount of property tax that can be collected and what types of property fall under that provision of the code. The students argued that the laws were meant to keep rural school districts, which the plaintiffs alleged were comprised of mostly black students, from raising funds.

United States District JudgeLynwood Smith dismissed the students’ case. In his order dismissing the case, Judge Smith said while that sections of the laws to which the students objected were enacted for a racially motivated reason, the laws did not disparately impact students across the state. As a result, he could not find the laws unconstitutional.

TheEleventh Circuit’s three-judge panel, consisting of JudgesAdalberto Jordan,Robert Lanier Anderson andBrock Hornby (sitting by designation), agreed with Judge Smith. Judge Jordan wrote for the panel. In his opinion, he said that the students lacked standing to bring a challenge to mileage-cap provisions, which the students said is a bar to raising property tax rates. Further, he indicated that Judge Smith did not err in finding that the property classification system was not devised with any racial malice in mind.

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External links

Officeholder

United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

  • Website

    • Footnotes

    1. ↑1.01.11.21.31.4Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed August 17, 2016
    2. ↑Cite error: Invalid<ref> tag; no text was provided for refs namednom2
    3. ↑The White House, "President Obama Nominates Judge Adalberto José Jordán to the United States Court of Appeals," August 2, 2011
    4. ↑4.04.1Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    5. ↑HNBA Press Release, "Hispanic National Bar Association Urges U.S. Senate to Confirm the Hon. Adalberto Jordan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit," August 3, 2011
    6. ↑American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 112th Congress," accessed August 17, 2016
    7. ↑United States Congress, "PN 864 — Adalberto Jose Jordan — The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
    8. ↑American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 106th Congress," accessed August 17, 2016
    9. ↑United States Congress, "PN 148 — Adalberto Jose Jordan — The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016

    Political offices
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    2012-Present    		Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    -    		United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
    1999-2012    		Succeeded by
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    Active judges

    Chief Judge: William Pryor  •  Adalberto Jordan  •  Barbara Lagoa  •  Robin Rosenbaum  •  Jill Pryor  •  Elizabeth Branch  •  Robert J. Luck  •  Britt Grant  •  Kevin Newsom  •  Andrew Brasher  •  Embry Kidd  •  Nancy Gbana Abudu

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    Stanley Marcus  •  Julie Carnes  •  Robert Lanier Anderson  •  Gerald Tjoflat  •  James Edmondson (Federal judge)  •  Joel Dubina  •  Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Frank Hull  •  Charles Wilson (Florida)  •  Edward Carnes  •  

    Former judgesBeverly Martin  •  Peter Fay  •  John Godbold  •  Phyllis Kravitch  •  Joseph Hatchett  •  Albert Henderson  •  Paul Roney  •  David Dyer  •  Elbert Tuttle  •  Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Richard Rives  •  Robert Vance  •  Lewis Morgan  •  Emmett Cox  •  Stanley Birch  •  Rosemary Barkett  •  James Hill (Federal judge)  •  Warren Leroy Jones  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •  
    Former Chief judges

    John Godbold  •  Robert Lanier Anderson  •  Gerald Tjoflat  •  Joseph Hatchett  •  James Edmondson (Federal judge)  •  Paul Roney  •  Joel Dubina  •  Edward Carnes  •  


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    Chief Judge: Cecilia Altonaga  •  Jose E. Martinez (Florida)  •  Kevin M. Moore (Florida)  •  Donald Middlebrooks  •  William Dimitrouleas  •  Robin L. Rosenberg  •  Beth Bloom  •  Darrin P. Gayles  •  Kathleen M. Williams  •  Anuraag Singhal  •  Rodolfo Ruiz  •  Rodney Smith (Florida)  •  Edward Artau  •  Roy Altman  •  Aileen Cannon  •  Jacqueline Becerra  •  Melissa Damian  •  David Leibowitz (Florida)

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    Magistrate judgesJohn O'Sullivan (Florida)  •  Edwin Torres  •  Chris McAliley  •  William C. Turnoff  •  Lurana S. Snow  •  Jonathan Goodman  •  Alicia Otazo-Reyes  •  William Matthewman  •  Alicia O. Valle  •  Patrick M. Hunt  •  Bruce Reinhart  •  Lauren Fleischer Louis  •  Jared Strauss  •  Shaniek Maynard  •  Lisette M. Reid  •  
    Former Article III judges

    George C. Young  •  William Hoeveler  •  Kenneth Ryskamp  •  Alan Gold  •  Adalberto Jordan  •  Ursula Ungaro  •  James Paine (Florida)  •  Stanley Marcus  •  William Marvin  •  Thomas Jefferson Boynton (Florida)  •  Peter Fay  •  David Dyer  •  James William Locke  •  John McKinney (Florida)  •  John Moses Cheney  •  Rhydon Mays Call  •  Alexander Akerman  •  Lake Jones  •  Halsted Lockwood Ritter  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  John Warthen Holland  •  Joseph Lieb  •  William McRae  •  Curtis Waller  •  George Whitehurst  •  Sidney Aronovitz  •  Carl Atkins  •  Ted Cabot  •  Emett Choate  •  Edward Davis (Florida)  •  Dozier DeVane  •  Joseph Eaton  •  Wilkie Ferguson  •  Charles Fulton  •  James Kehoe  •  William Mehrtens  •  Lenore Nesbitt  •  Norman Roettger  •  Thomas Scott (Florida district court judge)  •  Eugene Spellman  •  Robin Rosenbaum  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  William Julius Barker  •  Alcee Hastings  •  

    Former Chief judges

    Federico Moreno  •  James L. King  •  Kevin M. Moore (Florida)  •  William Zloch  •  David Dyer  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  John Warthen Holland  •  George Whitehurst  •  Carl Atkins  •  Edward Davis (Florida)  •  Joseph Eaton  •  Charles Fulton  •  Norman Roettger  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  William Julius Barker  •  


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