Juan Perez-Gimenez

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Years in office: 2006 - 2020

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Years in office: 1979 - 2006

Education

Bachelor's

Puerto Rico University, 1963

Law

University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 1968

Graduate

George Washington University, 1965

Personal

Birthplace

San Juan, PR

Juan Manuel Perez-Gimenez (1941-2020) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He joined the court in 1979 after an appointment fromJimmy Carter (D). At the time of his appointment, he served as a magistrate judge for the district. He served aschief judge from 1984-1991, and assumedsenior status onMarch 28, 2006. Perez-Gimenez's service ended on December 10, 2020, when he died.^[1]

Early life and education

• University of Puerto Rico, B.A., 1963
• George Washington University, M.B.A., 1965
• University of Puerto Rico Law School, LL.B., 1968^[1][2]

Professional career

• Private practice, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1968-1971
• Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Puerto Rico, 1971-1975^[1]

Judicial career

District of Puerto Rico, Magistrate

Perez-Gimenez served as a magistrate judge for theDistrict of Puerto Rico from 1975 until he was appointed to the federal bench in 1979.^[1]

District of Puerto Rico

Perez-Giminez was nominated byJimmy Carter (D) on October 23, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 5, 1979, and received commissionthe next day. He served aschief judge from 1984-1991, and assumedsenior status onMarch 28, 2006. He died on December 10, 2020.^[1] Perez-Gimenez was succeeded in this position byFrancisco Besosa.

Noteworthy cases

Judge rules there is no constitutional right to gay marriage (2014)

Five same-sex couples filed a lawsuit in Puerto Rico, challenging laws in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that define marriage as between one man and one woman as unconstitutional.U.S. District CourtJudge Juan Perez-Gimenez ruled in October 2014 that there is no constitutionally protected right to same-sex marriage. Perez-Gimenez said that the United States Supreme Court's decision inWindsor, the landmark case concerning the Defense of Marriage Act, reaffirmed that marriage is in the purview of the states, not the federal government, nor should the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico be forced to recognize same-sex marriages. Perez-Gimenez was the second of 30 federal judges to rule against same-sex marriage.

Articles:

• New American, "Federal Judge Upholds Traditional Marriage in Puerto Rico," October 25, 2014
• NE News Now, "Federal judge swims upstream: No constitutional right to gay 'marriage'," October 23, 2014</ref>

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

1. ↑^{1.01.11.21.31.4}FJC "Juan Perez-Gimenez," accessed January 18, 2012
2. ↑District of Puerto Rico Bios

Political offices
Preceded by: NA	District of Puerto Rico 1979–2006 Seat #4	Succeeded by: Francisco Besosa

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Senior judges	Daniel Dominguez (Puerto Rico)  •  Jay Garcia-Gregory  •  Francisco Besosa  •
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Former Article III judges	Jose Fuste  •  Jaime Pieras  •  Raymond Acosta (Puerto Rico)  •  Salvador Casellas  •  Carmen Cerezo  •  Gustavo Gelpí  •  Juan Torruella  •  Hiram Cancio  •  Juan Fernandez-Badillo  •  Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz  •  Hector Laffitte  •  Juan Perez-Gimenez  •  Hernan Pesquera  •  Jose Toledo  •  William Henry Holt  •  Charles Francis McKenna  •  Bernard Shandon Rodey  •  John James Jenkins  •  Paul Charlton  •  Peter Joseph Hamilton  •  Arthur Fuller Odlin  •  Ira Kent Wells  •  Robert Archer Cooper  •  David Chavez Jr.  •  Thomas Hagan Roberts  •  Clemente Ruiz Nazario  •
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1981	Heen