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Joseph Greenaway
Prior offices:
United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
Years in office: 2010 - 2023
Predecessor:Samuel Alito
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Years in office: 1996 - 2010
Predecessor:John Gerry
Education
Bachelor's
Columbia College, 1978
Law
Harvard Law School, 1981


Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. He joined the court in 2010 after being nominated by PresidentBarack Obama. Prior to joining theThird Circuit, Greenaway was a judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He retired from the court on June 15, 2023.[1][2]

Early life and education

A native of London, England, Greenaway graduated from Columbia College with his bachelor's degree in 1978 and from Harvard Law School with hisJ.D. in 1981.[3]

Professional career

  • 1989-1990: Chief of narcotics
  • 1985-1989: Assistant U.S. attorney

Judicial career

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

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Nominee Information
Name: Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr.
Court:Third Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 235 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: June 19, 2009
ApprovedAABA Rating:Unanimously Well Qualified
Questionnaire:Questionnaire
ApprovedAHearing: September 9, 2009
QFRs:QFRs(Hover over QFRs to read more)
ApprovedAReported: October 1, 2009 
ApprovedAConfirmed: February 9, 2010
ApprovedAVote: 84-0

Greenaway was nominated by PresidentBarack Obama onJune 19, 2009, to a seat vacated bySamuel Alito which had been vacant since Alito's elevation to theSupreme Court of the United States in 2005. TheAmerican Bar Association rated GreenawayUnanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[4] Hearings on Greenaway's nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 9, 2009, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen.Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on October 1, 2009. Greenaway was confirmed on a recorded 84-0 vote of theU.S. Senate on February 9, 2010, and he received his commission on February 12, 2010.[3][5]

District of New Jersey

Greenaway was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton to theUnited States District Court for the District of New Jersey onNovember 27, 1995, to a seat vacated by JudgeJohn Gerry. TheAmerican Bar Association rated GreenawaySubstantial Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified for the nomination.[6] Hearings on Greenaway's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on February 28, 1996, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen.Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on March 13, 1996. Greenaway was confirmed on a voice vote of theUnited States Senate on July 16, 1996, and he received his commission on July 26, 1996. Greenaway resigned from the district court on February 24, 2010, upon his elevation to theThird Circuit Court of Appeals.[3][7] He was succeeded in this position by JudgeClaire Cecchi.

New Jersey Law Journal survey

In 2008, theNew Jersey Law Journal performed a survey rating magistrates and district judges. The scale was from 1 - 10; Greenaway's overall score was 8.05 out of a district-wide average of 8.19. His broken down scores were as follows:

  • Lack of bias as to race, gender, and party identity, 9.17
  • Courteous and respectful treatment of litigants and lawyers, 8.94
  • Fostering settlements skillfully, 7.64
  • Moving proceedings and making decisions promptly, 6.90[8]

Noteworthy cases

Computer hacker's conviction and sentence vacated for lack of proper venue (2014)

See also:United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit (U.S. v. Auernheimer, 13-1816)

On April 11, 2014, a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit, composed of Judges Greenaway,Thomas Vanaskie, andMichael Chagares, vacated a hacker's conviction and prison sentence on charges relating to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).[9]

In the underlying case, in June 2010, Andrew “weev” Auernheimer and co-conspirator Daniel Spiller discovered a security flaw on AT&T's network server that allowed them to obtain the email addresses of 114,000 iPad users. Auernheimer emailed the details of their find to several media outlets, and shared the full list of emails generated with a writer from Gawker, a news and gossip website. While Auernheimer resided in Arkansas and the servers affected were located in Texas and Georgia, he was prosecuted in New Jersey federal court, which Auernheimer argued was an improper venue under the circumstances. TheDistrict of New Jersey rationalized this course of action by saying that the email addresses of 4,500 New Jersey residents appeared on Auernheimer's list.[9]

In 2012, a jury convicted Auernheimer of identity fraud and conspiracy to access a computer without authorization, and in March 2013, he was sentenced by JudgeSusan Wigenton to forty-one months in prison. On appeal to the Third Circuit, the three-judge panel found that Auernheimer's conviction must be vacated because of improper venue. Writing for the court in a precedential decision, Judge Chagares noted that New Jersey was "not the site of either essential conduct element" of the CFAA -- Auernheimer neither accessed nor obtained the unauthorized information in the state at any time.[9] Chagares continued, writing:


“[E]ven assuming that defective venue could be amenable to harmless error review, the venue error here clearly affected Auernheimer’s substantial rights. ... The venue error in this case is not harmless because there was no evidence that any of the essential conduct elements occurred in New Jersey. If Auernheimer’s jury had been properly instructed on venue, it could not have returned a guilty verdict; the verdict rendered in this trial would have been different.[9][10]”


Auernheimer was released after having spent thirteen months in prison.[9]

See also

External links


Footnotes

  1. ↑Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed December 20, 2016
  2. ↑United States Courts, "Future Judicial Vacancies," accessed February 15, 2023
  3. ↑3.03.13.23.3Cite error: Invalid<ref> tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio
  4. ↑American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 111th Congress," accessed December 20, 2016
  5. ↑United States Congress, "PN 634 — Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. — The Judiciary," accessed December 20, 2016
  6. ↑American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed December 20, 2016
  7. ↑United States Congress, "PN726 — Joseph A. Greenaway — The Judiciary," accessed December 20, 2016
  8. ↑Cite error: Invalid<ref> tag; no text was provided for refs namedNJ
  9. ↑9.09.19.29.39.4RT, "AT&T hacker ‘weev’ to walk free after appeals court agrees to vacate conviction," April 11, 2014
  10. ↑Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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