John L. Badalamenti
John L. Badalamenti is a judge on theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He was nominated by PresidentDonald Trump (R) on February 4, 2020, and confirmed by theU.S. Senate on June 1, 2020, by a vote of 55-22.[1] To see a full list of judges appointed byDonald Trump,click here.
TheUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida is one of 94U.S. District Courts. They are the generaltrial courts of theUnited States federal courts. To learn more about the court,click here.
Badalamenti was a judge on theFlorida Second District Court of Appeal from 2015 to 2020.
Judicial nominations, appointments, and elections
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (2020-present)
On February 4, 2020, PresidentDonald Trump (R) nominated Badalamenti to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He was confirmed by a 55-22 vote of the U.S. Senate on June 1, 2020.[1] He received commission on June 4, 2020.[2] To read more about the federal nominations process,click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: John Badalamenti |
| Court:United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 118 days after nomination. |
 ANominated: February 4, 2020 |
| AABA Rating: Substantial majority well qualified / Minority qualified |
| Questionnaire:Questionnaire |
| AHearing: February 12, 2020 |
| QFRs:QFRs(Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| AReported: March 12, 2020 |
| AConfirmed: June 1, 2020 |
| AVote: 55-22 |
Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Badalamenti on June 1, 2020, on a vote of 55-22.[1] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website,click here.
| Badalamenti confirmation vote (June 1, 2020) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic | 11 | 22 | 12 | ||||||
 Republican | 43 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
 Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 55 | 22 | 23 | ||||||
Change in Senate rules
Badalamenti was confirmed to a U.S. District Court under a new precedent the Senate established.
On April 3, 2019, theU.S. Senate voted 51-48 in favor of a change to chamber precedent lowering the maximum time allowed for debate on executive nominees to posts below the Cabinet level and on nominees todistrict court judgeships from 30 hours after invokingcloture to two.[3]
The change was passed under a procedure, often referred to as thenuclear option, that requires 51 votes rather than 60.[4]
It was the third use of thenuclear option in Senate history. In 2013, it was used to eliminate the 60-vote threshold to confirm presidential nominees, except those to theSupreme Court. In 2017, it was used to eliminate the 60-vote threshold required to confirm Supreme Court nominees.[5] For more, seeFilibuster and reconciliation in the United States Congress.
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Badalamenti had his hearing before theSenate Judiciary Committee on February 12, 2020.[6] Badalamenti was reported to the full Senate on March 12, 2020, after a 15-6 vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7]
Nomination
On February 4, 2020, PresidentDonald Trump (R) nominated Badalamenti to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.[8] He was nominated to replace JudgeElizabeth Kovachevich, who assumedsenior status on December 14, 2018.[9]
TheAmerican Bar Association rated Badalamentiwell qualified by a substantial majority andqualified by the minority for the position.[10] To read more about ABA ratings,click here.
Florida Second District Court of Appeal (2015-2020)
- See also:Judges appointed by Rick Scott
Badalamenti became a judge on theFlorida Second District Court of Appeal in 2015. He was appointed to the court by GovernorRick Scott (R) on April 30, 2015, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of JudgeCharles A. Davis.[11] Badalamenti wasretained by voters on November 8, 2016, to a six-year term that would have expired on January 2, 2023.
2016 election
- See also:Florida judicial elections, 2016
Badalamenti filed to stand for retention in 2016.[12]
In aretention election, voters respond "yes" or "no" when asked if a judge whose term is ending should remain on the court for another term. In most states, judges must receive more than 50 percent "yes" votes to win another term.
Election results
November 8 general election
John L. Badalamenti was retained in the Florida Second District Court of Appeal, Badalamenti's Seat election with 69.34% of the vote.
| Florida Second District Court of Appeal, Badalamenti's Seat, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes votes | |
 John L. Badalamenti | 69.34% | |
| Source:Florida Division of Elections Official Results | ||
Early life and education
Badalamenti was born in 1973 in Brooklyn, New York. He earned his B.A., with highest honors, in criminology and his master's degree in sociology from the University of Florida in 1995 and 1999, respectively. He received hisJ.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1999.[13]
Career
- 2020-present: Judge,U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- 2015-2020: Judge,Florida Second District Court of Appeal
- 2006-2015: Federal Public Defender's Office for the Middle District of Florida
- 2008-2015: Assistant federal public defender
- 2006-2008: Research and writing specialist
- 2003-2006: Law clerk to JudgePaul Roney,U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- 2001-2002: Associate, Carlton Fields, P.A.
- 2000-2001: Law clerk and staff attorney to JudgeFrank Hull, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- 1999-2000:U.S. Department of Justice honors attorney, United States Attorney General's Honors Program[13]
Associations
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- The Federalist Society
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
- Saint Petersburg-Clearwater Bar Association
- Tampa Bay Catholic Lawyers Guild[13]
About the court
TheUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida is one of 94United States district courts. The district has courthouses inFort Myers,Jacksonville,Ocala,Orlando, andTampa. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit based in downtownAtlanta at the Elbert P. Tuttle Federal Courthouse.
The Middle District of Florida hasoriginal jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
There are five court divisions, each covering the following counties:
TheFort Myers Division, coveringCharlotte,Collier,DeSoto,Glades,Hendry, andLee counties.
TheJacksonville Division, coveringBaker,Bradford,Clay,Columbia,Duval,Flagler,Hamilton,Nassau,Putnam,St. Johns,Suwannee, andUnion counties.
TheOcala Division, coveringCitrus,Lake,Marion, andSumter counties.
TheOrlando Division, coveringBrevard,Orange,Osceola,Seminole, andVolusia counties.
TheTampa Division, coveringHardee,Hernando,Hillsborough,Manatee,Pasco,Pinellas,Polk, andSarasota counties.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by theSenate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends ablue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
External links
Officeholder United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
- Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- Florida Second District Court of Appeal
Footnotes
- ↑1.01.11.2Congress.gov, "PN1430 — John Leonard Badalamenti — The Judiciary," accessed June 2, 2020
- ↑Federal Judicial Center, "Badalamenti, John Leonard," accessed June 8, 2020
- ↑The Hill, "GOP triggers 'nuclear option' to speed up Trump picks," April 3, 2019
- ↑Axios, "Senate GOP invokes 'nuclear option' to speed up confirmations of Trump nominees," April 3, 2019
- ↑NBC News, "McConnell to use 'nuclear option' to confirm lower-level nominees," April 2, 2019
- ↑Senate Judiciary Committee, "Nominations," February 12, 2020
- ↑Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting," March 12, 2020
- ↑WhiteHouse.gov, "Eleven Nominations Sent to the Senate," February 4, 2020
- ↑Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namednom - ↑American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III and Article IV judicial nominees: 116th Congress," accessed February 12, 2020
- ↑The Ledger, "New Judge Is Appointed to Appellate Court," April 30, 2015
- ↑Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, "Download Candidate List," list accessed May 12, 2016
- ↑13.013.113.2Senate Judiciary Committee, "Questionnaire for judicial nominees," accessed February 12, 2020
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| Preceded by - | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2020-Present | Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal 2015-2020 | Succeeded by - |
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| 2020 | Lawrence VanDyke •Daniel Traynor •John Kness •Joshua Kindred •Philip Halpern •Silvia Carreno-Coll •Scott Rash •John Heil •Anna Manasco •John L. Badalamenti •Drew Tipton •Andrew Brasher •Cory Wilson •Scott Hardy •David Joseph •Matthew Schelp •John Cronan •Justin Walker •Brett H. Ludwig •Christy Wiegand •Thomas Cullen •Diane Gujarati •Stanley Blumenfeld •Mark Scarsi •John Holcomb •Stephen P. McGlynn •Todd Robinson •Hala Jarbou •David Dugan •Iain D. Johnston •Franklin U. Valderrama •John Hinderaker •Roderick Young •Michael Newman •Aileen Cannon •James Knepp •Kathryn Kimball Mizelle • Benjamin Beaton • Kristi Johnson •Toby Crouse •Philip Calabrese •Taylor McNeel •Thomas Kirsch •Stephen Vaden •Katherine Crytzer •Fernando Aenlle-Rocha •Charles Atchley •Joseph Dawson | ||
| 2025 | Whitney Hermandorfer •Joshua Divine •Cristian M. Stevens •Zachary Bluestone •Emil Bove •Edward Artau •Kyle Dudek•Maria Lanahan•Jennifer Mascott•Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe•Chad Meredith•Harold Mooty•Jordan Pratt•Edmund LaCour•Bill Lewis•Eric Tung•Rebecca Taibleson•Joshua D. Dunlap•Bill Mercer•Susan Rodriguez•Robert Chamberlin•Matthew Orso•David Bragdon•Jimmy Maxwell•Lindsey Freeman•William J. Crain | ||
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Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court:Middle District of Florida,Northern District of Florida,Southern District of Florida • U.S. Bankruptcy Court:Middle District of Florida,Northern District of Florida,Southern District of Florida
State courts:
Florida Supreme Court•Florida District Courts of Appeal•Florida Circuit Court•Florida County Court
State resources:
Courts in Florida •Florida judicial elections •Judicial selection in Florida
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