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Haywood Gilliam
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
| Assumed office December 19, 2014 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Claudia Ann Wilken |
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Haywood Stirling Gilliam Jr.
October 13, 1969 Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Stanford University (JD) |
Haywood Stirling Gilliam Jr. was born on October 13, 1969. He is a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. This means he works in a federal court in California, making important decisions on many different types of cases.
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About Judge Gilliam
Haywood Gilliam Jr. was born in 1969 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He went to Yale University and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He earned high honors, called magna cum laude.
After Yale, he studied law at Stanford Law School and received his law degree in 1994. While there, he helped edit the Stanford Law Review, a legal journal.
Early Career in Law
After law school, Judge Gilliam worked as a law clerk for Judge Thelton Henderson. This job involved helping the judge with legal research and writing. He worked for Judge Henderson from 1994 to 1995.
Then, he joined a law firm called McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, where he worked from 1995 to 1998. From 1999 to 2006, he served as an assistant United States attorney. In this role, he represented the U.S. government in legal cases. He even led the Securities Fraud Section from 2004 to 2006.
Later, he became a partner at two different law firms: Bingham McCutchen (2006-2009) and Covington & Burling (2009-2014). At Covington & Burling, he helped lead a group that focused on defending clients in complex legal investigations.
Becoming a Federal Judge
On September 8, 2014, President Barack Obama chose Haywood Gilliam Jr. to become a United States District Judge. He was nominated for a position in the Northern District of California. This seat became open when Judge Claudia Ann Wilken took on a different role.
The Confirmation Process
To become a federal judge, a person must be approved by the United States Senate. Judge Gilliam had a hearing with the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 17, 2014. This committee reviews nominees and decides if they are suitable for the job.
On November 20, 2014, the committee approved his nomination. Then, on December 16, 2014, the full Senate voted to confirm him. He officially received his judicial commission, which is like his official appointment, on December 19, 2014.
Important Court Decisions
As a federal judge, Judge Gilliam has made many important decisions. One notable case involved a ruling about government spending for a border wall.
Border Wall Funding Case
On May 24, 2019, Judge Gilliam issued a preliminary injunction. This legal order temporarily stopped the government from using certain funds for a planned wall along the border with Mexico. The government had declared a national emergency to redirect money from other agencies for this purpose.
His decision specifically limited wall construction projects in El Paso, Texas and Yuma, Arizona. Later, on June 28, 2019, Judge Gilliam made his injunction permanent.
However, the case continued to be debated. On July 26, 2019, the United States Supreme Court made a decision in a case called Trump v. Sierra Club. The Supreme Court ruled that the government could spend the money for the wall while the legal arguments continued. This showed how different courts can have different views on complex legal issues.
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