Theodore D. Chuang

Theodore David Chuang (born October 17, 1969) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and former Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Theodore D. Chuang
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Assumed office
May 2, 2014
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byRoger W. Titus
Personal details
Born (1969-10-17) October 17, 1969
Media, Pennsylvania
ResidenceBethesda, Maryland
EducationHarvard University (B.A.)
Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Early life

Chuang was born in Media, Pennsylvania, in 1969.[1] His parents are immigrants from Taiwan.[2] Chuang earned a B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1991;[1] as an undergraduate, he wrote for the Harvard Crimson.[2] He went on to earn a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1994.[1] As a law student, he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.[1][3] He is married and has two daughters.

Chuang began his legal career as a law clerk for Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, from 1994 to 1995. From 1995 to 1998, he served as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. From 1998 to 2004, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Massachusetts.[1] He served as counsel at the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP in Washington, D.C. from 2004 to 2007. From 2007 to 2009, he was Deputy Chief Investigative Counsel for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. In 2009, he was Chief Investigative Counsel for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.[1] From 2009 until his confirmation as a federal judge in 2014, he served as Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security.[1][4][3]

Federal judicial service

On September 25, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Chuang to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, to the seat being vacated by Judge Roger W. Titus, who took senior status on January 17, 2014.[4] Chuang's nomination was strongly supported by Maryland's two U.S. senators, Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski.[2] He was rated "well-qualified" by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.[5] On January 16, 2014, his nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 10–8 vote.[6] On April 29, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Chuang's nomination. On May 1, 2014 the Senate voted 54–43 on the motion to invoke cloture. Later that day, the Senate voted 53–42 to confirm Chuang.[7] He received his judicial commission on May 2, 2014.[3] Chuang sits in Greenbelt, Maryland.[2]

On July 13, 2020, Chuang ruled that women can get abortion pills without requiring a in-person visit during the COVID 19 epidemic. [8]


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References
  1. Questionnaire: Theodore Chuang, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
  2. Duncan, Ian (March 16, 2017). "Who is the Maryland judge in the Trump travel ban ruling?". Baltimore Sun.
  3. "Chuang, Theodore David – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
  4. "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Courts" (Press release). White House Office of the Press Secretary. September 25, 2013.
  5. Rating of Article III Judicial Nominees: 113th Congress: Adjourned December 16, 2014, American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.
  6. title=Executive Business Meeting|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ExecutiveBusinessMeetingResults-01-16-2014.pdf%7Cpublisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|date= January 16, 2014}}
  7. "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress – 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 127. United States Senate.
  8. "Judge: Women can get abortion pill without doctor visit". July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
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Preceded by
Roger W. Titus		 Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
2014–present		 Incumbent
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