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Rudolph Contreras

Rudolph Contreras

District of Columbia District Court

Born 1962 in Staten Island, NY

FJC ID: 3420

Rudolph Contreras (born December 6, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He served as Presiding Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2021 to 2023.

In December 2017 he briefly presided over the case of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, accepting Flynn's guilty plea, but was later recused from the case.

Gender
Male
Race
Hispanic

Prior employment

  1. District of Columbia
    District of Columbia
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1994–2003, 2006–2012
    • chief, Civil Division · 2006–2012
  2. District of Delaware
    District of Delaware
    Assistant U.S. attorney and chief of Civil Division · 2003–2006
  3. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    1991–1994

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia District Court
    2012–present · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)

Education

  1. University of Pennsylvania Law School
  2. Florida State University
    B.S. · 1984