Carlos Tiburcio Bea (born April 18, 1934) is a Spanish-born American judge and lawyer. He is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was appointed to that court by President George W. Bush in 2003 to replace Judge Charles Edward Wiggins.[2]
Carlos Bea | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Assumed office December 12, 2019 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| In office October 1, 2003 – December 12, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Charles E. Wiggins |
| Succeeded by | Patrick J. Bumatay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carlos Tiburcio Bea April 18, 1934 San Sebastián, Spain |
| Political party | Republican[1] |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, JD) |
Biography
editBea was born in San Sebastian, Spain and emigrated with his family in 1939 to Cuba. While present under a non-immigrant visa, he studied at Stanford University and received his Bachelor of Arts degree there in 1956. He joined Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity[3] while at Stanford. In 1952, Bea represented Cuba as a member of the country's basketball team in the Helsinki Olympics.[4] Upon his return, he was put into deportation proceedings for allegedly avoiding the draft. Bea suggested to the immigration judge that he be drafted to cure the apparent violation, but the judge refused as the Korean War had already ended. Bea won his appeal at the Board of Immigration Appeals, opining that the lower court had abused its discretion. After having his residency reinstated and accumulating the requisite physical presence, Bea petitioned for and became a naturalized citizen in 1959. He attended Stanford Law School and received his Juris Doctor in 1958. He was in private practice in California after that, but in 1990 he became a trial judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court. He served there until his appointment to the Ninth Circuit in 2003.
Federal judicial service
editBea had previously been nominated in 1991 to be a federal district judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by President George H. W. Bush, but he never received a vote in the Senate.
Bush nominated Bea to the Ninth Circuit on April 11, 2003.[5] The United States Senate confirmed him on September 29, 2003 by a 86–0 vote.[6] Bea received his commission on October 1, 2003.[7] In June 2019, Bea announced his intention to assume senior status upon the nomination, confirmation and appointment of a successor.[8] He assumed senior status on December 12, 2019.[7]
Personal life
editHis son is Olympic rower Sebastian Bea.[5] The Bea family lived in the historic Casebolt House (built c. 1865) in Cow Hollow, San Francisco.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Feuer, Ben (October 2019). "Oral History Interview Of Ninth Circuit Judge Carlos Bea" (PDF). Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society.
- ^ Carlos Tiburcio Bea Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Rainbow, vol. 132, no. 4, p. 20
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carlos Bea Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ^ a b "San Francisco Superior Court Judge Carlos Bea Nominated to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals". Metropolitan News-Enterprise. April 16, 2003. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Carlos T. Bea, Of California To Be U.S. Circuit Judge For The Ninth Circuit)". Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ a b Carlos Bea at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Openly Gay Prosecutor Could Again be Trump Appeals Court Pick (1)". Bloomberg Law. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ Lee, Stephanie M. (March 6, 2012). "Costly, lengthy appeals part of S.F.'s culture". SFGATE. Retrieved January 13, 2024.