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'''Linda Rae Reade''' (born February 1, 1948<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=107-1 Hearings: Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments, S. Hrg. 107-584, Part 5, August 1, 2002, Etc|publisher=Government Printing Office|year=2003}}</ref>) is a ] ] of the ]. '''Linda Rae Reade''' (born February 1, 1948<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=107-1 Hearings: Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments, S. Hrg. 107-584, Part 5, August 1, 2002, Etc|publisher=Government Printing Office|year=2003}}</ref>) is a ] ] of the ].


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
Born in ], ], Reade graduated from ] with her ] degree in 1970, ] with a ] degree in 1973, and ] with a ] with honors and ] in 1980. During law school, Reade worked at two firms in ], Rosenberg & Marguiles and Brown, Winick, Graves, Donnelly, & Baskerville, and campaigned for ].<ref name=":0" /> She also published a case note in the ].<ref>27 Drake L. Rev. 736 (1978).</ref> Born in ], Reade graduated from ] with her ] degree in 1970, ] with a ] degree in 1973, and ] with a ] with honors and ] in 1980. During law school, Reade worked at two firms in ], Rosenberg & Marguiles and Brown, Winick, Graves, Donnelly, & Baskerville, and campaigned for ].<ref name=":0" /> She also published a case note in the ].<ref>27 Drake L. Rev. 736 (1978).</ref>


==Career==
==Legal and state judicial career==
After graduation, Reade was in private practice as an attorney in Des Moines at Brown, Winick from 1980 to 1981, at Rosenberg & Marguiles from 1981 to 1984, and at Rosenberg, Rosenberg, & Reade from 1984 to 1986. She also served as president of the Des Moines ] from 1985 to 1987.<ref name=":0" /> After graduation, Reade was in private practice as an attorney in Des Moines at Brown, Winick from 1980 to 1981, at Rosenberg & Marguiles from 1981 to 1984, and at Rosenberg, Rosenberg, & Reade from 1984 to 1986. She also served as president of the Des Moines ] from 1985 to 1987.<ref name=":0" />


Reade was an ] in the ] for the ] from 1986 to 1993, serving as Chief of the General Criminal Prosecutions Division from 1990 to 1993.<ref name=":0" /> Reade was an ] in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa from 1986 to 1993, serving as chief of the General Criminal Prosecutions Division from 1990 to 1993.<ref name=":0" />


Reade was appointed to serve on the Iowa District Court in Des Moines in 1993 and continued until her appointment to the federal bench in 2002. During that time, she served on many committees for the ], the Iowa Judges' Association, and the Iowa State Bar Association. While she served on the District Court, 18 of her cases were reversed.<ref name=":0" /> Reade was appointed to serve on the Iowa District Court in Des Moines in 1993 and continued until her appointment to the federal bench in 2002. During that time, she served on many committees for the ], the Iowa Judges' Association, and the Iowa State Bar Association. While she served on the District Court, 18 of her cases were reversed.<ref name=":0" />


==Federal judicial career== ===Federal judicial career===
On Senator ]'s recommendation, President ] nominated Reade to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa on June 26, 2002, to a seat vacated by ]. The ] confirmed her on November 14, 2002, and she received her commission on November 26. She became Chief Judge on January 1, 2007. Her term as Chief Judge ended on February 11, 2017. She assumed ] on October 1, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reade, Linda R.|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/reade-linda-r|website=Federal Judicial Center}}</ref> On Senator ]'s recommendation, President ] nominated Reade to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa on June 26, 2002, to a seat vacated by ]. The ] confirmed her on November 14, 2002, and she received her commission on November 26. She became Chief Judge on January 1, 2007. Her term as chief judge ended on February 11, 2017. She assumed ] on October 1, 2017.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=1391676|inline=yes}}</ref>


==Notable cases== ===Notable cases===


===Rubashkin case=== ====Rubashkin case====
{{Main|Sholom Rubashkin}} {{Main|Sholom Rubashkin}}
Reade presided over the trial and sentencing of kosher ] operator ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/us/22iowa.html|title=27-Year Sentence for Plant Manager|first=Julia|last=Preston|date=21 June 2010|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> The case and Reade's 27-year sentence garnered the attention of many prominent politicians and received widespread media coverage.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rodgers|first=Grant|date=May 11, 2016|title=New Rubashkin claims garner Who's Who list of supporters|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/05/11/new-rubashkin-claims-garner-support-former-attorneys-general-judges/84240486/|website=The Des Moines Register}}</ref> Reade presided over the trial and sentencing of kosher ] operator ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/us/22iowa.html|title=27-Year Sentence for Plant Manager|first=Julia|last=Preston|work=The New York Times |date=21 June 2010|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> The case and Reade's 27-year sentence garnered the attention of many prominent politicians and received widespread media coverage.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rodgers|first=Grant|date=May 11, 2016|title=New Rubashkin claims garner Who's Who list of supporters|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/05/11/new-rubashkin-claims-garner-support-former-attorneys-general-judges/84240486/|website=The Des Moines Register}}</ref> Rubashkin alleged on appeal that Reade improperly met with prosecutors before the ] without disclosing her involvement, but the ] unanimously affirmed.<ref name="Judge Stumbles">{{cite news|last=Bennett L. Gershman and Joel Cohen|date=June 13, 2011|title=When a Judge Stumbles, Do "Appearances" Matter?|newspaper=Huffington Post|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bennett-l-gershman/when-a-judge-stumbles-do-_b_875891.html|access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 16, 2011|title=8th Circ. Won't Order New Trial For Agriprocessors Exec|url=https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/272027/8th-circ-won-t-order-new-trial-for-agriprocessors-exec|website=Law360}}</ref> On December 20, 2017, after having served eight years of his 27-year sentence, ] ] Rubashkin's sentence to time served, and he was released from prison that day.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sholom Rubashkin bank fraud prison sentence commuted by Trump|language=en-US|work=The Washington Times|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/20/sholom-rubashkin-bank-fraud-sentence-commuted-trum/|access-date=2017-12-20}}</ref>
Following Rubashkins conviction, records were obtained which showed that Reade had been meeting secretly with prosecutors for ten months before the raid on Rubashkin's plant.<ref name="Judge Stumbles">{{cite news|last=Bennett L. Gershman and Joel Cohen|title=When a Judge Stumbles, Do "Appearances" Matter?|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bennett-l-gershman/when-a-judge-stumbles-do-_b_875891.html|accessdate=2014-04-19|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> Reade maintained that the meetings were only to prepare the courts for a case of such large magnitude. While the 8th Circuit of Appeals upheld the ruling, Reade was scheduled to sit with two of the appellate judges (over other cases) on the same day just before those same judges were scheduled to hear the Rubashkin appeal. This conduct during the appeal raised subsequent questions.<ref name="Judge Stumbles" />


⚫ ====Aossey case====
Forty-five members of Congress wrote to ] ] questioning Reade's handling of the case. Reade's husband, Michael Figenshaw owned stock at the time in two of the largest private prison corporations in the United States, and purchased more stock in both companies just five days before a large raid on the kosher operator began.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sanquentinnews.com/a-question-of-law-and-prison-investments/|title=A question of law and prison investments - San Quentin News|date=31 October 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carbonated.tv/news/judge-invested-in-private-prisons-while-putting-immigrants-in-jail|title=Judge Put Immigrants In Jail While Husband Invested In Private Prisons|website=Carbonated.TV}}</ref> Ethics experts say these investments were inappropriate and may have violated the Code of Conduct for United States Judges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2017/08/a-federal-judge-put-hundreds-of-immigrants-behind-bars-while-her-husband-invested-in-private-prisons/|title=A federal judge put hundreds of immigrants behind bars while her husband invested in private prisons|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=46100|title=Judge Reade Can't Hide Her Hate|first=Chabad On|last=Line|website=collive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vosizneias.com/278489/2017/08/24/des-moines-ia-independent-investigation-husband-of-rubashkin-judge-bought-prison-stocks-days-before-agriprocessors-raid/|title=Des Moines, IA - Independent Investigation: Husband Of Rubashkin Judge Bought Prison Stocks Days Before Agriprocessors Raid|website=www.vosizneias.com}}</ref>
⚫ Reade presided over the case of William Aossey, the founder of Midamar Corporation and Islamic Services of America, who was convicted of fraud for falsifying labels on beef exported to Malaysia and Indonesia. Aossey was found guilty and Reade departed from federal guidelines, sentencing Aossey to two years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/02/25/halal-foods-pioneer-gets-2-year-term-fraud/80942046/|title=Halal foods pioneer gets 2-year term for fraud|website=] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/linn-county/midamar-founder-aossey-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison-60000-fine-20160225|title=Midamar founder Aossey sentenced to two years in prison, $60,000 fine - The Gazette|first=Trish|last=Mehaffey}}</ref>


⚫ ====Dierks case====
On December 20, 2017, after serving eight years of his 27-year sentence, ] ] ] Rubashkin's sentence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/20/sholom-rubashkin-bank-fraud-sentence-commuted-trum/|title=Sholom Rubashkin bank fraud prison sentence commuted by Trump|last=http://www.washingtontimes.com|first=The Washington Times|work=The Washington Times|access-date=2017-12-20|language=en-US}}</ref> A statement from the Trump ] noted that " bipartisan group of more than 100 former high-ranking and distinguished ] officials, prosecutors, judges, and legal scholars expressed concerns about the evidentiary proceedings in Mr. Rubashkin’s case and the severity of his sentence," and further noted that more than 30 Members of Congress had written letters expressing support for a review of Rubashkin's case.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-trump-commutes-sentence-sholom-rubashkin/|title=President Trump Commutes Sentence of Sholom Rubashkin {{!}} The White House|work=The White House|access-date=2017-12-20|language=en-US}}</ref> ] cited the bipartisan letter he received months prior, signed by numerous Justice officials and members of ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Rubashkin-Combined-letters.pdf|title=Combined Letter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2017/12/21/trump-commute-sentence-sholom-rubashkin/|title=Why Trump Commuted the Sentence of a Kosher Meatpacking Executive|publisher=}}</ref> The officials stated that they were "deeply troubled" by the injustice in this case and the harm it has caused to public confidence in the fairness of our Federal courts. The letter attached copies of previous letters from both Democratic and Republican members of Congress to Attorney General ] citing Judge Reade for that inappropriate behavior.

⚫ ===Aossey case===
⚫ Reade presided over the case of William Aossey, the founder of Midamar Corporation and Islamic Services of America, who was convicted of fraud for falsifying labels on beef exported to Malaysia and Indonesia. Aossey was found guilty and Reade departed from federal guidelines, sentencing Aossey to two years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/02/25/halal-foods-pioneer-gets-2-year-term-fraud/80942046/|title=Halal foods pioneer gets 2-year term for fraud}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/linn-county/midamar-founder-aossey-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison-60000-fine-20160225|title=Midamar founder Aossey sentenced to two years in prison, $60,000 fine - The Gazette|first=Trish|last=Mehaffey}}</ref>

⚫ ===Dierks case===
On June 13, 2018, Reade sentenced Joseph Dierks to six years in prison for threatening to kill Senator ] on ]. The sentence, which exceeded federal sentencing guidelines, was imposed on Dierks for disparaging comments he made regarding Reade, the prosecutor, the prosecutor's children, and black corrections officers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Threats to Joni Ernst lead to prison Waterloo man receives 6 years for tweets about U.S. senator |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/waterloo-man-sentenced-to-6-years-in-federal-prison-for-sending-threatening-tweets-to-iowa-senator-joni-ernst-20180613 |website=The Gazette |access-date=21 October 2020}}</ref> On June 13, 2018, Reade sentenced Joseph Dierks to six years in prison for threatening to kill Senator ] on ]. The sentence, which exceeded federal sentencing guidelines, was imposed on Dierks for disparaging comments he made regarding Reade, the prosecutor, the prosecutor's children, and black corrections officers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Threats to Joni Ernst lead to prison Waterloo man receives 6 years for tweets about U.S. senator |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/waterloo-man-sentenced-to-6-years-in-federal-prison-for-sending-threatening-tweets-to-iowa-senator-joni-ernst-20180613 |website=The Gazette |access-date=21 October 2020}}</ref>


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American judge (born 1948)
Linda Rae Reade
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 1, 2017
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
In office
January 1, 2007 – February 11, 2017
Preceded byMark W. Bennett
Succeeded byLeonard T. Strand
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
In office
November 26, 2002 – October 1, 2017
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMichael Joseph Melloy
Succeeded byC. J. Williams
Personal details
Born (1948-02-01) February 1, 1948 (age 76)
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.
EducationDrake University (BA, JD)
Iowa State University (MS)

Linda Rae Reade (born February 1, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

Early life and education

Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Reade graduated from Drake University with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970, Iowa State University with a Master of Science degree in 1973, and Drake University Law School with a Juris Doctor with honors and Order of the Coif in 1980. During law school, Reade worked at two firms in Des Moines, Rosenberg & Marguiles and Brown, Winick, Graves, Donnelly, & Baskerville, and campaigned for Lawrence Pope. She also published a case note in the Drake Law Review.

Career

After graduation, Reade was in private practice as an attorney in Des Moines at Brown, Winick from 1980 to 1981, at Rosenberg & Marguiles from 1981 to 1984, and at Rosenberg, Rosenberg, & Reade from 1984 to 1986. She also served as president of the Des Moines League of Women Voters from 1985 to 1987.

Reade was an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa from 1986 to 1993, serving as chief of the General Criminal Prosecutions Division from 1990 to 1993.

Reade was appointed to serve on the Iowa District Court in Des Moines in 1993 and continued until her appointment to the federal bench in 2002. During that time, she served on many committees for the Iowa Supreme Court, the Iowa Judges' Association, and the Iowa State Bar Association. While she served on the District Court, 18 of her cases were reversed.

Federal judicial career

On Senator Chuck Grassley's recommendation, President George W. Bush nominated Reade to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa on June 26, 2002, to a seat vacated by Michael Joseph Melloy. The Senate confirmed her on November 14, 2002, and she received her commission on November 26. She became Chief Judge on January 1, 2007. Her term as chief judge ended on February 11, 2017. She assumed senior status on October 1, 2017.

Notable cases

Rubashkin case

Main article: Sholom Rubashkin

Reade presided over the trial and sentencing of kosher slaughterhouse operator Sholom Rubashkin. The case and Reade's 27-year sentence garnered the attention of many prominent politicians and received widespread media coverage. Rubashkin alleged on appeal that Reade improperly met with prosecutors before the Postville raid without disclosing her involvement, but the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit unanimously affirmed. On December 20, 2017, after having served eight years of his 27-year sentence, Donald Trump commuted Rubashkin's sentence to time served, and he was released from prison that day.

Aossey case

Reade presided over the case of William Aossey, the founder of Midamar Corporation and Islamic Services of America, who was convicted of fraud for falsifying labels on beef exported to Malaysia and Indonesia. Aossey was found guilty and Reade departed from federal guidelines, sentencing Aossey to two years.

Dierks case

On June 13, 2018, Reade sentenced Joseph Dierks to six years in prison for threatening to kill Senator Joni Ernst on Twitter. The sentence, which exceeded federal sentencing guidelines, was imposed on Dierks for disparaging comments he made regarding Reade, the prosecutor, the prosecutor's children, and black corrections officers.

See also

References

  1. ^ 107-1 Hearings: Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments, S. Hrg. 107-584, Part 5, August 1, 2002, Etc. Government Printing Office. 2003.
  2. 27 Drake L. Rev. 736 (1978).
  3. Linda R. Reade at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  4. Preston, Julia (21 June 2010). "27-Year Sentence for Plant Manager". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  5. Rodgers, Grant (May 11, 2016). "New Rubashkin claims garner Who's Who list of supporters". The Des Moines Register.
  6. Bennett L. Gershman and Joel Cohen (June 13, 2011). "When a Judge Stumbles, Do "Appearances" Matter?". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  7. "8th Circ. Won't Order New Trial For Agriprocessors Exec". Law360. September 16, 2011.
  8. "Sholom Rubashkin bank fraud prison sentence commuted by Trump". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  9. "Halal foods pioneer gets 2-year term for fraud". The Des Moines Register.
  10. Mehaffey, Trish. "Midamar founder Aossey sentenced to two years in prison, $60,000 fine - The Gazette".
  11. "Threats to Joni Ernst lead to prison Waterloo man receives 6 years for tweets about U.S. senator". The Gazette. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

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