Harry Leinenweber
Harry Daniel Leinenweber was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He joined the court on December 17, 1985, after a nomination by PresidentRonald Reagan (R). Leinenweber assumedsenior status on June 3, 2002. His service ended on June 11, 2024, upon his death.[1]
Early life and education
Born inJoliet, Illinois, Leinenweber graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1959 with his bachelor's degree and from the University of Chicago with hisJ.D. in 1962.[1]
Professional career
- 2002 - 2024: Senior judge
- 1985-2002: Judge
- 1973-1983: State representative,Illinois House of Representatives
- 1977: Special counsel,Will County, Illinois, Forest Preserve
- 1975-1977: Special counsel,Bolingbrook, Ill.
- 1968-1970: Special prosecutor, Will County, Ill.
- 1963-1967: City attorney,Joliet, Ill.
- 1962-1986: Private practice, Joliet, Ill.[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Illinois
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Harry D. Leinenweber |
| Court:United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 39 days after nomination. |
 ANominated: November 7, 1985 |
 AABA Rating: |
| Questionnaire: |
| AHearing: December 4, 1985 |
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| AReported: December 12, 1985 |
| AConfirmed: December 16, 1985 |
| AVote: Voice vote |
Leinenweber was nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan on November 7, 1985, to a new seat on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Leinenweber's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on December 4, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on December 12, 1985. Leinenweber was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on December 16, 1985, and he received his commission the next day. Leinenweber elected to takesenior status beginning onJune 3, 2002.[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by JudgeMark Filip.
Noteworthy cases
Judge halts DOJ policy withholding funds from sanctuary cities
On July 25th, 2017, the Department of Justice announced that jurisdictions wishing to receive Edward Byrne Justice Assistant Grant (JAG) funds were required to comply with three new conditions: 1) a city must share any immigration status information collected by city agents with federal officials, 2) a city must honor requests by federal immigration officials to receive 48-hour notice prior to releasing certain detainees, and 3) a city must allow federal immigration officials access to local jails and prisons in order to interrogate prisoners. In announcing the new requirements,U.S. Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions stated that local jurisdictions needed to partner more closely with federal immigration authorities as part of the Justice Department’s strategies to reduce violent crime.[3]
The city ofChicago, Illinois, filed a lawsuit arguing that the new criteria for JAG funds were unconstitutional. Chicago’s Welcoming City ordinance, which began as a policy initiative of then-Mayor Harold Washington in 1985 and was codified as a city ordinance in 2006, restricts city police from complying with all three of these conditions. The current form of the ordinance was adopted in 2012. In filing for a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of the new JAG grant criteria, the city argued that the government could deny JAG grants to the city as the grants were based on a statutory formula created by Congress, and that both the president and the Justice Department lacked the constitutional authority to alter Congress’ requirements for awarding the grants. In its filing, the city petitioned the court to issue a ruling by the September 5, 2017, deadline to apply for the JAG program. Chicago expected to receive $3.2 million in JAG grants this year to purchase new police vehicles and equipment.[4]
On September 15, 2017,U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber ordered a preliminary injunction to block plans by the U.S. Department of Justice to connect the grants to cooperation with federal immigration agents. In his ruling, Leinenweber said, "The court finds that the city has established that it would suffer irreparable harm if a preliminary injunction is not entered." The injunction applied nationwide because Leinenweber concluded that the issues presented by Chicago could apply to other cities. It was not known whether the Justice Department planned to appeal Judge Leinenweber's injunction.[5][6][7]
See also
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑1.01.11.21.3Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Harry Daniel Leinenweber," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑United States Congress, "PN 729 — Harry D. Leinenweber — The Judiciary," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑Los Angeles Times, "Trump administration toughens policy against sanctuary cities," July 25, 2017
- ↑United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,The City of Chicago v. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, Attorney General of the United States - Complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief, filed August 7, 2017
- ↑Bloomberg, "Judge Blocks Trump on Threat to Punish Sanctuary Cities," September 15, 2017
- ↑Chicago Tribune, "Judge rules in city's favor on sanctuary cities, grants nationwide injunction," September 15, 2017
- ↑United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, "The City of Chicago v. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, Attorney General of the United States - Memorandum opinion and order," September 15, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat 98 Stat. 333 | Northern District of Illinois 1985-2002 Seat #21 | Succeeded by: Mark Filip |
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| 1981 | Bartlett •Beam •Becker •Bork •Cacheris •Cardamone •Chapman •Coughenour •Cox •Crow •Cyr •Doumar •Eschbach •Forrester •Garwood •Gibson •Glasser •Hall •Hamilton •Head •Jones •Kiser •Krenzler •Lee •Magnuson •McLaughlin •Miner •Moore •Nowlin •O'Connor •Pierce •Posner •Potter •Russell •Ryan •Shabaz •Sprizzo •Stevens •Waters •Wilhoit •Wilkins •Winter | ||
| 1982 | Acker •Acosta •Altimari •Bell •Bissell •Black •Bullock •Caldwell •Coffey •Contie •Coyle •Dowd •Fagg •Fong •Fox •Gadbois •Gibson •Ginsburg •Hart •Higginbotham •Hogan •Irving •Jackson •Jolly •Kanne •Kovachevich •Krupansky •Lynch •Mansmann •McNamara •Mencer •Mentz •Mihm •Moody •Nordberg •Paul •Pieras •Plunkett •Porfilio •Potter •Pratt •Rafeedie •Restani •Roberts •Scalia •Selya •Telesca •Wellford | ||
| 1983 | Baldock •Barbour •Barry •Bowman •Carman •Carter •Curran •Davis •Dorsey •Feldman •Fish •Flaum •Gibbons •Hallanan •Harris •Hinojosa •Hull •Hupp •Katz •Keenan •Kelly •Kram •Laffitte •Limbaugh, Sr. •Limbaugh, Sr. •Milburn •Nesbitt •Nevas •O'Neill •Rymer •Sharp •Starr •Vinson •Vukasin •Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 | Barker •Beezer •Biggers •Billings •Bissell •Boyle •Brewster •Browning •DiCarlo •Duhe •Garcia •George •Hall •Hargrove •Higgins •Hill •Holland •Ideman •Jarvis •Keller •Leavy •Lee •Legge •Leisure •Little •Livaudais •Longobardi •McKibben •Milburn •Newman •Norgle •Prado •Rea •Rosenblatt •Rovner •Scirica •Smith, Jr. •Sneeden •Stotler •Suhrheinrich •Torruella •Wiggins •Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 | Alley •Altimari •Anderson •Aquilino •Archer •Arnold •Baldock •Batchelder •Battey •Broomfield •Brown •Brown •Brunetti •Buckley •Cobb •Conmy •Cowen •Davidson •Dimmick •Duff •Easterbrook •Edgar •Farnan •Fernandez •Fitzpatrick •Fuste •Greene •Gunn •Guy •Hall •Hilton •Holderman •Hughes •Johnson •Jones •Korman •Kozinski •La Plata •Leinenweber •Letts •Lovell •Ludwig •Maloney •Mansmann •Marcus •McDonald •Meredith •Miller •Mills •Miner •Motz •Nelson •Noonan •Porfilio •Revercomb •Rhoades •Ripple •Rodriguez •Rosenbaum •Roth •Ryan •Sam •Scott •Sentelle •Silberman •Sporkin •Stanton •Stapleton •Strand •Strom •Tacha •Tevrizian •Thompson •Todd •Tsoucalas •Walker •Walter •Weber •Williams •Wilson •Wingate •Wolf •Wollman •Young •Zloch | ||
| 1986 | Anderson •Boggs •Bryan •Cedarbaum •Cholakis •Conway •Davies •Dearie •Dubina •Duggan •Edmondson •Fawsett •Fitzwater •Gex •Graham •Hackett •Hansen •Henderson •Hittner •Howard •Jensen •Kay •Kleinfeld •Kosik •Lagueux •Lechner •Magill •Mahoney •Manion •McAvoy •McQuade •Norris •O'Scannlain •Rehnquist •Ryskamp •Scalia •Selya •Simpson •Smalkin •Spencer •Stiehl •Wilkins •Williams •Woodlock •Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 | Alesia •Beam •Bell •Conboy •Cowen •Cummings •Daronco •Doty •Dwyer •Ebel •Ellis •Gadola •Gawthrop •Greenberg •Harrington •Howard •Hoyt •Hutchinson •Kanne •Kelly •Larimer •Leavy •Lew •Marsh •Mayer •McKinney •Michel •Mukasey •Musgrave •Niemeyer •Parker •Phillips •Politan •Pro •Raggi •Reasoner •Reed •Scirica •Sentelle • Smith •Smith •Stadtmueller •Standish •Tinder •Torres •Trott •Turner •Van Antwerpen •Voorhees •Webb •Whipple •Wolin •Wolle •Wood •Zagel | ||
| 1988 | Arcara •Babcock •Brorby •Butler •Cambridge •Camp •Conlon •Cox •Dubois •Duhe •Ezra •Forester •Friedman •Garza •Hutton •Jordan •Kennedy •Lake •Lamberth •Lifland •Lozano •Marovich •Nygaard •Patterson •Schell •Smith •Smith •Tilley •Waldman •Zilly | ||
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