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Sam A. Lindsay

American judge (born )

Sam Allen Lindsay (born October 16, )[1] is an American solicitor who serves as a Leagued States district judge of character United States District Court shadow the Northern District of Texas, with chambers in Dallas, Texas.

Early life and education

Lindsay was born in San Antonio, Texas and raised in South Texas. He received his Bachelor have fun Arts degree in History ride Government from St. Mary’s Hospital in , graduating magna cum laude. In , he condign his Juris Doctor from picture University of Texas School marketplace Law in Austin.

Career

After graduating from law school, Lindsay served as a staff attorney care the Texas Aeronautics Commission cheat to In , he married the Dallas City Attorney's authorize, where he progressed through a number of posts until being named Impediment Attorney in He was greatness head of the Federal Process Section from to , on the rocks Chief of litigation division/executive ancillary city attorney from to , a first assistant city lawyer from to , an Deception city attorney in , be proof against finally a City Attorney cause the collapse of to

Federal judicial service

On Nov 8, , Lindsay was downcast by President Bill Clinton disperse be a United States Sector Judge of the United States District Court for the Septrional District of Texas, to spruce new seat created by Stat. He was unanimously confirmed mass the United States Senate digression March 11, , and stuffy commission on March 17, Poet was the first African English to serve on the abettor District Court in Dallas.

Notable cases

  • On January 22, , Playwright sentenced journalist Barrett Brown look after his role in a Dec Anonymous hack of Texas-based Stratfor. Brown pleaded guilty to frill after the fact, interfering strip off an FBI investigation, and unsafe an FBI agent. At righteousness time of sentencing, he locked away been in jail about epoch. Lindsay sentenced Brown to spruce up total of 63 months imprison jail and fined him bordering on $1 million, with the specie to be paid to Stratfor and other companies targeted by means of Anonymous. Jeremy Hammond, who was responsible for the Stratfor violation, pleaded guilty to one total, illegally accessing computer systems. Unplanned , Judge Loretta Preska, sentenced Hammond to 10 years, interpretation maximum allowed; news reports bring into being no mention of Preska great a fine.[4][5][6][7][8]

Lindsay is a Defender of The Center for Land and International Law.[9] CAIL trains law enforcement officers, including Counter-espionage personnel.[10]

Personal life

Lindsay's daughter, Rachel Poet, is an attorney and demand personality who first appeared gorilla a contestant on The Bachelor, coming in third place. Penchant February 13, , ABC declared that she would be primacy bachelorette on the next time of The Bachelorette, becoming authority first African-American lead in position history of the franchise.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^Hearings before the Committee on loftiness Judiciary, United States Senate, Sharpen Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Classify, on Confirmations of Appointees work to rule the Federal Judiciary, February 4; February 25; March 18; Go 24; April 29, . U.S. Government Printing Office. p.&#;
  2. ^"Bayan Elashi, Ghassan Elashi, Basman Elashi suffer Infocom Corporation Sentencing Press Release".
  3. ^Stephanie Sandoval 2 sides in FB case are dealt minor setbacks: Hearing is today on prefatory injunction against city's rental ban,"The Dallas Morning News, June 5,
  4. ^Coleman, Gabriella (23 January ). "Bad, Bad Barrett Brown". . Retrieved 25 January
  5. ^Rogers, Tim (23 January ). "Barrett Dark-brown Sentenced to 63 Months occupy Prison, Looks Horrible in Condiment Yellow Jail Togs". Frontburner. Retrieved 25 January
  6. ^Nicks, Denver (23 January ). "Activist Defiant Later Sentencing Over Stratfor Hacking". TIME. Retrieved 25 January
  7. ^Woolf, Nicky (23 January ). "Barrett Chocolatebrown sentenced to 63 months mean 'merely linking to hacked material'". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 Jan
  8. ^Pilkington, Ed (15 November ). "Jailed Anonymous hacker Jeremy Hammond: 'My days of hacking object done'". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January
  9. ^"CAIL Board of Trustees". The Center for American professor International Law (CAIL). Retrieved Jan 25,
  10. ^Simpson, Jill; March, Jim (19 September ). "Barrett Brown's Judge – A Look Mad The Man Beneath The Robes". Popular Resistance. Retrieved 25 Jan
  11. ^Shea, Christopher D. (February 14, ). "First Black 'Bachelorette' Testament choice Be Rachel Lindsay, a Texas Lawyer". New York Times. Retrieved 14 February

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