Brantley Starr | |
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| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
| Assumed office August 6, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sidney A. Fitzwater |
| Deputy First Assistant Attorney General of Texas | |
| In office 2016–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1979 (age 46–47) San Antonio,Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Abilene Christian University (BA) University of Texas (JD) |
Brantley David Starr (born 1979)[1] is aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Starr was born in 1979 inSan Antonio, Texas.Ken Starr, who served asSolicitor General of the United States and as a judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is his uncle.[2]
Starr received aBachelor of Arts,summa cum laude, fromAbilene Christian University in 2001 and aJuris Doctor from theUniversity of Texas School of Law in 2004, where he was editor-in-chief of theTexas Review of Law and Politics.
After graduating from law school, he was alaw clerk to then-JusticeDon Willett of theSupreme Court of Texas. Starr then served as a staff attorney to JusticeEva Guzman of the Supreme Court of Texas, and then worked as an Assistant Attorney General, Assistant Solicitor General, and Deputy Attorney General for Legal Counsel, all in the office of theAttorney General of Texas. From 2016 to 2019 he served as the Deputy First Assistant Attorney General of Texas, underKen Paxton.[3]
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On March 8, 2019, PresidentDonald Trump announced his intent to nominate Starr to serve as a United States District Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.[3] On March 11, 2019, President Trump nominated Starr to the seat vacated by JudgeSidney A. Fitzwater, who assumedsenior status on September 22, 2018.[4] On April 10, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before theSenate Judiciary Committee.[5] On May 9, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[6] On July 30, 2019, theUnited States Senate invokedcloture on his nomination by a 51–37 vote.[7] On July 31, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a 51–39 vote.[8] He received his judicial commission on August 6, 2019.[9]
In May 2023, Starr banned lawyers from submittingAI-generated case filings that have not been reviewed by a human, noting that:[10][11]
[Generative artificial intelligence] platforms in their current states are prone tohallucinations andbias. On hallucinations, they make stuff up—even quotes and citations. Another issue is reliability or bias. While attorneys swear anoath to set aside their personal prejudices, biases, and beliefs to faithfully uphold the law and represent their clients, generative artificial intelligence is the product of programming devised by humans who did not have to swear such an oath. As such, these systems hold no allegiance to any client, the rule of law, or the laws and Constitution of the United States (or, as addressed above, the truth). Unbound by any sense of duty, honor, or justice, such programs act according to computer code rather than conviction, based on programming rather than principle.
In August 2023, Starr ordered threeSouthwest Airlines lawyers to attend religious-liberty training by theAlliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian legal advocacy group.[12] This was blocked by the 5th circuit Court of Appeals, ruling “The Southwest attorneys … would likely suffer a violation of their constitutional rights.”[13]
He has been a member of theFederalist Society since 2005.[1]
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Texas 2019–present | Incumbent |