Josephine Laura Staton , (born 1961) is a US District Judge from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Early life and education
Born in St. Louis Louis, Missouri, Staton graduated from Lindbergh High School (St. Louis, Missouri), obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983 from William Jewell College and earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1986 from Harvard Law School. From 1986 to 1987, Staton was the legal officer for Judge John R. Gibson in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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Professional career
From 1987 to 2002, Staton was a lawyer in San Francisco and Newport Beach offices of Morrison & amp; Foerster, first as associate (1987-1994) and later as partner (1995-2002). In 2002, Staton became a High Court judge in Orange County, California, based in Santa Ana. He was appointed to a position by Governor Gray Davis to fill vacancies made when Judge Richard D. Fybel was appointed to the California Court of Appeals in Orange County.
Federal courts service
On February 4, 2010, President Obama nominated Staton to fill vacancies in the Central District made by Judge Alicemarie Stotler taking senior status in January 2009. On March 18, 2010, the United States Senate Committee on Justice reported a Staton nomination for the full Senate, which unanimously confirmed Staton on June 21, 2010, in a vote. He received his commission on June 22, 2010. Staton was appointed to the bench under the name of Josephine Staton Tucker and served under that name until September 20, 2013.
Famous cases
Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association
Judge Staton led a challenge brought by some Orange County state school teachers to the California Teachers Union's exclusive bargaining system on a constitutional basis. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal affirms its decision in favor of the teachers' union, and this ruling is upheld by the US Supreme Court in a 4-4 per curium decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Ass' n. Judge Scalia was the fifth vote expected to overturn a 1977 controlling Abood's decision, but his death in 2016 shortly after the case was debated meant there was a deadlocked decision.
Case of Afghan Family Travel Prohibition
In the wake of controversial Presidential Instructions President Donald Trump 13769 limits immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, certain individuals with valid US visas are held at the border and airport even though the national provisional detention order has been issued by US District Judge James Robart in Washington v. Trump. In a case of international interest, Judge Staton issued an interim order of detention on March 4, 2017, to prevent Afghan families being separated - and his wife and three small children were sent to a detention facility in Texas - after all five had arrived at Los Angeles International Airport with Visa Immigrant Special and detained for almost two days without access to lawyers. Judge Staton held a hearing on March 6, 2017, after which the Department of Homeland Security released a family for temporary housing in Washington state and ultimately granted them permanent residence status. Special immigrant visas are made for people from Iraq and Afghanistan whose lives are at risk because they have worked for the military or the US government, and the visa requires a strong Foreign Ministry examination and interview before it is approved. At the hearing it was revealed that the visa had been issued because the father had been working for the US military in Afghanistan for more than 10 years and had received death threats from the Taliban.
References
External links
- Josephine Staton in the Biographic Directory of Federal Judges , public domain publication from the Federal Judicial Center.
- Josephine Staton at Ballotpedia
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