Julie Sneed
Julie Sneed is a judge on theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She was nominated to the court by PresidentJoe Biden (D) on November 6, 2023, and confirmed by theUnited States Senate on February 28, 2024, by a vote of 54-44.[1][2] Sneed was one of 235Article III judges nominated by PresidentJoe Biden (D) and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. To see a full list of judges appointed byJoe Biden,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.
Prior to joining the court, Sneed was a United States Magistrate Judge for theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.[3][4]
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (2024-present)
On November 6, 2023, PresidentJoe Biden (D) nominated Sneed to theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.[4] Sneed received commission on March 4, 2024.[2] To read more about the federal nominations process,click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Julie Sneed |
| Court:United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 114 days after nomination. |
 ANominated: November 6, 2023 |
| AABA Rating: Well Qualified |
| Questionnaire:Questionnaire |
| AHearing: November 29, 2023 |
| Hearing Transcript:Hearing Transcript |
| QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| AReported: January 18, 2023 |
| AConfirmed: February 28, 2024 |
| AVote: 54-44 |
Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Sneed by a vote of 54-44 on February 28, 2024.[1] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website,click here.
| Sneed confirmation vote (February 28, 2024) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic | 46 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
 Republican | 5 | 44 | 0 | ||||||
 Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 54[5] | 44 | 2 | ||||||
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
TheSenate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Sneed's nomination on November 29, 2023.[6] She was reported to the full Senate on January 18, 2023, after a 12-9 committee vote.[7]
Nomination
On November 6, 2023, PresidentJoe Biden (D) nominated Julie Sneed to theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Sneed's nomination was returned to the president at thesine die adjournment of theU.S. Senate on January 3, 2024. The president renominated Sneed on January 8, 2024.[1]
Sneed was nominated to replace JudgeRoy Bale Dalton, Jr., who assumedsenior status on July 9, 2022.[8]
TheAmerican Bar Association (ABA) rated Sneedwell qualified.[9] To read more about ABA ratings,click here.
Biography
Education
Sneed earned a bachelor's degree from University of Florida in 1991 and a law degree from Florida State University College of Law in 1994.[2]
Professional career
- 2024-present: Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florid
- 2015-2024: U.S. Magistrate Judge,United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- 1997-2000, 2004-2015: Private practice
- 2000-2004: Law clerk, Hon. James D. Whittemore,United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- 1995-1997: Law clerk, Hon. Chris W. Altenbernd, Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District[2]
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.To read opinions published by this court, clickhere.
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
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑1.01.11.2Congress.gov, "PN1256 — Julie Simone Sneed — The Judiciary," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑2.02.12.22.3The Federal Judicial Center, "Sneed, Julie Simone," accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑The White House, "President Biden Names Forty-First Round of Judicial Nominees," November 1, 2023
- ↑4.04.1The White House, "Nominations Sent to the Senate," November 6, 2023
- ↑Note: The bolded number reflects the largest number.
- ↑[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/11/29/2023/nominationsSenate Judiciary Committee, "STANDING COMMITTEE ONTHEFEDERAL JUDICIARY," accessed November 29, 2023]
- ↑Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024," January 19, 2023
- ↑Florida Bar, "FLORIDA FEDERAL JNC NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS TO FILL A U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE OPENING IN THE MIDDLE DISTRICT," May 31, 2022
- ↑[https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/government_affairs_office/emma-web-rating-chart-biden-congress.pdfAmerican Bar Association, "STANDING COMMITTEE ONTHEFEDERAL JUDICIARY," accessed November 28th, 2023]
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| Preceded by Roy Bale Dalton Jr. | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2024-Present | Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2015-2024 | Succeeded by - |
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| Commissioned in 2024 | John Kazen •John Russell •Margaret Garnett •Cristal Brisco •Jacquelyn Austin •Gretchen Hess Lund •Micah Smith •Joshua Kolar •Karoline Mehalchick •Kirk Sherriff •Lisa Wang •David Leibowitz •Jacqueline Becerra •Julie Sneed •Melissa Damian •Kelly H. Rankin •Nicole Berner •Sunil Harjani •Leon Schydlower •Ernesto Gonzalez •Susan Bazis •Robert White •Ann Marie McIff Allen •Eumi Lee •Krissa Lanham •Eric Schulte •Camela Theeler •Angela Martinez •Jasmine Yoon •Nancy Maldonado •Meredith Vacca •Georgia Alexakis •Joseph Saporito •Amy Baggio •Stacey Neumann •Mary Kay Lanthier •Adam Abelson •Laura Provinzino •Mary Kay Costello •Dena Coggins •Kevin Ritz •Shanlyn A. S. Park •Byron Conway •Jeannette Vargas •Michelle Williams Court •Jonathan E. Hawley •April Perry •Mustafa Kasubhai •Sarah Russell •Amir Ali •Rebecca Pennell •Anthony Brindisi •Elizabeth Coombe •Cynthia Valenzuela •Anne Hwang •Brian Murphy •Noël Wise •Sanket Bulsara •Tiffany Johnson •Sparkle Sooknanan •Gail Weilheimer •Embry Kidd •Melissa DuBose •Sharad Desai •Serena R. Murillo •Benjamin Cheeks •Sarah Davenport | ||
| Commissioned in 2023 | Kai Scott •Tamika Montgomery-Reeves •Margaret R. Guzman •Daniel Calabretta •Matthew Garcia •DeAndrea G. Benjamin •Cindy Chung •Adrienne Nelson •Lindsay Jenkins •Gina Méndez-Miró •Araceli Martínez-Olguín •Jamar Walker •Ana Reyes •Jamal Whitehead •Gordon Gallagher •Matthew Brookman•Maria Araujo Kahn• James Simmons •Robert Ballou• Andrew Schopler •Jonathan Grey•Colleen Lawless •Arun Subramanian •Jessica Clarke •Robert Kirsch •Michael Farbiarz •Anthony Johnstone •Orelia Merchant •Wesley Hsu •Bradley Garcia •LaShonda A. Hunt •Nancy Gbana Abudu •Amanda Brailsford •Darrel Papillion •Jeremy Daniel •Hernan D. Vera •Julie Rikelman •Nusrat Choudhury •P. Casey Pitts •Myong Joun •Kymberly Evanson •Tiffany Cartwright •Rachel Bloomekatz •Natasha Merle •Dale Ho •Philip Hadji •Rita Lin •Brendan Hurson •Vernon D. Oliver •Matthew Maddox •Julia Munley •Brandy McMillion •Susan DeClercq •Julia Kobick •Ramon Reyes, Jr. •Ana de Alba •Kenly Kiya Kato •Mónica Ramírez Almadani •Jeffrey M. Bryan •Jamel Semper •Irma Ramirez •Richard Federico •Loren AliKhan •Brandon Long •Jerry Edwards Jr.•Sara Hill •Joseph Laroski | ||
| Commissioned in 2022 | David Herrera Urias •Gabriel Sanchez •Holly Thomas •Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong •David Ruiz •Charles Fleming •Bridget Brennan •Leonard Stark •Alison J. Nathan •John Chun •Julie Rubin •Jacqueline Scott Corley •Ruth Bermudez Montenegro •Victoria Calvert •Georgette Castner •Anne Traum •Cristina Silva •Ketanji Brown Jackson (Supreme Court) •Sarah Geraghty •Hector Gonzalez •Fred Slaughter •Jennifer Rochon •Robert Huie •Sunshine S. Sykes • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • Evelyn Padin • Sherilyn P. Garnett • Ana de Alba • J. Michelle Childs • Trina Thompson • Elizabeth Hanes • Nancy Maldonado • Nina Morrison • Gregory Williams • John Z. Lee • Sal Mendoza, Jr. • Lara Montecalvo • Florence Pan • Andre Mathis • Sarah A.L. Merriam •Jennifer Rearden • Roopali Desai • María Antongiorgi-Jordán • Camille Vélez-Rivé • Doris Pryor • Frances Kay Behm • Dana Douglas • Mia Roberts Perez • Anne Nardacci •Jeffery P. Hopkins | ||
| Commissioned in 2021 | Ketanji Brown Jackson • Zahid Quraishi •Julien Xavier Neals • Deborah Boardman • Regina Rodriguez • Candace Jackson-Akiwumi • Lydia Kay Griggsby • Tiffany Cunningham • Eunice Lee • Angel Kelley •Florence Pan •Veronica Rossman • David G. Estudillo • Sarah A.L. Merriam •Gustavo Gelpí • Christine O'Hearn •Margaret Strickland • Karen McGlashan Williams •Patricia Tolliver Giles • Toby Heytens •Michael Nachmanoff •Sarala Nagala • Beth Robinson • Omar A. Williams • Myrna Pérez • Jia Cobb • Tana Lin • Lauren King • Lucy H. Koh • Jennifer Sung • Samantha Elliott • Katherine Menendez • Mary Dimke • Linda Lopez • Shalina Kumar • Jane Beckering • Jinsook Ohta • Jennifer L. Thurston •Stephen Locher •Charlotte Sweeney •Nina Nin-Yuen Wang •Arianna Freeman •Jerry Blackwell | ||
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| Active judges | Chief Judge: Marcia Howard • Mary Scriven • Sheri Chappell • Wendy W. Berger • Tom Barber • Carlos E. Mendoza • Paul G. Byron • John L. Badalamenti • William Jung • Julie Sneed • Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe • Kathryn Kimball Mizelle • Jordan Pratt • Kyle Dudek | ||
| Senior judges | Patricia Fawsett • Harvey Schlesinger • Susan Bucklew • Elizabeth Kovachevich • Anne Conway • Steven Merryday • Henry Adams • Richard Lazzara • James Whittemore (Florida) • John Antoon • John Steele • James S. Moody (Florida federal judge) • Gregory Presnell • Timothy Corrigan (Florida) • Virginia Covington • Charlene Honeywell • Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. • Brian J. Davis • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Thomas G. Wilson • Greg Kelly • James Klindt • Monte Richardson • Anthony E. Porcelli • Joel Toomey • Philip Lammens • Patricia D. Barksdale • Mac McCoy • Daniel Irick • Amanda Sansone • Nicholas Mizell • Leslie Hoffman • Christopher Tuite • Sean Flynn (Florida) • Embry Kidd • | ||
| Former Article III judges | George C. Young • Howell Melton • William Castagna • John Moore (Florida) • William Hodges • George Sharp • Gerald Tjoflat • Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit) • George Carr • Isaac Krentzman • Joseph Lieb • William McRae • Ralph Nimmons • John Reed (Florida) • Charles Scott (Florida) • John Bryan Simpson • | ||
| Former Chief judges | Patricia Fawsett • George C. Young • John Moore (Florida) • William Hodges • Elizabeth Kovachevich • Steven Merryday • Timothy Corrigan (Florida) • Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit) • George Carr • Isaac Krentzman • Joseph Lieb • William McRae • John Bryan Simpson • | ||
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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