Richard Franklin Boulware II

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Richard Boulware
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Assumed office
June 10, 2014
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byPhilip Martin Pro
Personal details
Born
Richard Franklin Boulware II

(1968-10-12) October 12, 1968 (age 53)
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Columbia University (JD)

Richard Franklin Boulware II (born October 12, 1968) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and former assistant Federal Public Defender.

Biography[]

Boulware received an Artium Baccalaureus degree, cum laude, in 1993 from Harvard College and studied toward a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology from 1995–1998. He received a Juris Doctor in 2002 from Columbia Law School.

From 2002 to 2003, he served as a law clerk to Judge Denise Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. From 2003 to 2007, he was a trial attorney in the Federal Public Defender's Office in New York City. He has served in the Federal Public Defender's Office in Las Vegas, Nevada since 2007, serving as the lead attorney for complex white-collar cases since 2010.[1][2]

Federal judicial service[]

On January 16, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Boulware to serve as a District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada to the seat vacated by Judge Philip Martin Pro, who took senior status on December 31, 2011.[3] He received a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 12, 2014.[4] On April 3, 2014, his nomination was reported out of committee by a vote of 11–7.[5]

On June 5, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on the nomination. On June 9, 2014, the United States Senate agreed on the motion to invoke cloture by a vote of 53–34.[6] The next day, the Senate voted 58–35 in favor of final confirmation.[7] He received his judicial commission on June 10, 2014.[2] He was sworn in on June 12, 2014.[8]

In 2015, Boulware began hearing a high profile anti-trust lawsuit against the Ultimate Fighting Championship filed by several of its former fighters. The fighters allege that the UFC "unlawfully monopolized the market for mixed martial arts promotion by, among other things, locking up fighters with exclusive contracts and acquiring its rivals, leading to suppressed compensation for the fighters".[9] The UFC is fighting the suit, alleging that it is "meritless."[10] In September of 2020, Boulware indicated he was "likely" to grant class-action status to the suit.[11]

Nomination to United States Sentencing Commission[]

On September 9, 2015, President Obama nominated Boulware to a position on the United States Sentencing Commission. He would have replaced former Commissioner Ketanji Brown Jackson and his term would have expired October 31, 2019.[12] His nomination expired at the end of the 114th Congress.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. 16 January 2014 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ a b "Boulware, Richard Franklin II – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
  3. ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 16 January 2014 – via National Archives.
  4. ^ "Nominations". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Executive Business Meeting" (PDF). United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  6. ^ "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress – 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 178. United States Senate. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. ^ "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress – 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 181. United States Senate. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Judges List: Judge Richard F. Boulware". United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Cohen-Milstein: Mixed Martial Arts Antitrust Litigation". Retrieved 15 Nov 2020.
  10. ^ "UFC Releases Statement After Motion To Dismiss Antitrust Lawsuit Is Denied". Retrieved 15 Nov 2020.
  11. ^ "UFC Antitrust Lawsuit Likely to be Granted Class Certification". Retrieved 15 Nov 2020.
  12. ^ "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States Sentencing Commission". whitehouse.gov. 9 September 2015 – via National Archives.

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