Juan Perez-Gimenez
Juan Manuel Perez-Gimenez (1941-2020) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He joined the court in 1979 after an appointment from Jimmy Carter (D). At the time of his appointment, he served as a magistrate judge for the district. He served as chief judge from 1984-1991, and assumed senior status on March 28, 2006. Perez-Gimenez's service ended on December 10, 2020, when he died.[1]
Early life and education
- University of Puerto Rico, B.A., 1963
- George Washington University, M.B.A., 1965
- University of Puerto Rico Law School, LL.B., 1968[1][2]
Professional career
- Private practice, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1968-1971
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Puerto Rico, 1971-1975[1]
Judicial career
District of Puerto Rico, Magistrate
Perez-Gimenez served as a magistrate judge for the District of Puerto Rico from 1975 until he was appointed to the federal bench in 1979.[1]
District of Puerto Rico
Perez-Giminez was nominated by Jimmy Carter (D) on October 23, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 5, 1979, and received commission the next day. He served as chief judge from 1984-1991, and assumed senior status on March 28, 2006. He died on December 10, 2020.[1] Perez-Gimenez was succeeded in this position by Francisco Besosa.
Noteworthy cases
Judge rules there is no constitutional right to gay marriage (2014)
Five same-sex couples filed a lawsuit in Puerto Rico, challenging laws in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that define marriage as between one man and one woman as unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Juan Perez-Gimenez ruled in October 2014 that there is no constitutionally protected right to same-sex marriage. Perez-Gimenez said that the United States Supreme Court's decision in Windsor, the landmark case concerning the Defense of Marriage Act, reaffirmed that marriage is in the purview of the states, not the federal government, nor should the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico be forced to recognize same-sex marriages. Perez-Gimenez was the second of 30 federal judges to rule against same-sex marriage.
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See also
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA |
District of Puerto Rico 1979–2006 Seat #4 |
Succeeded by: Francisco Besosa
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
