Reggie Walton

Reggie Walton
Walton in 2021
Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office
February 22, 2013 – May 19, 2014
Preceded byJohn D. Bates
Succeeded byThomas F. Hogan
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office
May 19, 2007 – May 19, 2014
Appointed byJohn Roberts
Preceded byClaude M. Hilton
Succeeded byJames Boasberg
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Assumed office
December 31, 2015
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
October 29, 2001 – December 31, 2015
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byStanley Sporkin
Succeeded byDabney L. Friedrich
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office
1991–2001
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded bySylvia Bacon
Succeeded byRobert Rigsby[1]
In office
1981–1989
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byLeonard Braman
Succeeded byZinora Mitchell
Personal details
Born
Reggie Barnett Walton

(1949-02-08) February 8, 1949 (age 75)
North Charleroi, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationWest Virginia State University (BA)
American University (JD)

Reggie Barnett Walton (born February 8, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He is a former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.[2][3]

  1. ^ Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission
  2. ^ Shiffman, John; Cooke, Kristina (2013-06-21). "The judges who preside over America's secret court". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-07-01. Twelve of the 14 judges who have served this year on the most secret court in America are Republicans and half are former prosecutors.
  3. ^ Ackerman, Spencer (2013-06-06). "Fisa chief judge defends integrity of court over Verizon records collection". The Guardian. Washington DC. Retrieved 2013-07-01. In the wake of the Guardian's revelations, Reggie Walton, presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Fisa), said claims that the body was unduly acquiescent to the government's requests for surveillance orders were "absolutely false".