José A. Cabranes Politician

José Alberto Cabranes (born December 22, 1940) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a member of the three-judge United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review ("FISCR"). Formerly a practicing lawyer, government official, and law teacher, he was the first Puerto Rican appointed to a federal judgeship in the continental United States (1979).

Personal facts

José A. Cabranes
Birth dateDecember 22, 1940
Birth nameJosé Alberto Cabranes
Birth place
Puerto Rico , Mayagüez Puerto Rico , United States
Education
Queens' College Cambridge
Columbia College Columbia University
Yale Law School

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Office holder

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office
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
successor
Janet Bond Arterton
Peter Collins Dorsey

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