Jeffrey White

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Jeffrey Steven White (born September 2, 1945), a United States jurist. He is a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California He was appointed to the Federal Bench by President George W. Bush on July 25, 2002, and received commission on November 15, 2002.

1 Personal
2 Career
- 2.1 Positions
3 Controversies
- 3.1 Global Warming
- 3.2 WikiLeaks
4 Links
5 References

[edit] Personal

White earned his B.A. from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1967.

White earned his J.D. from the State University of New York in 1970.

[edit] Career

[edit] Positions

Attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1970-1971.
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Maryland, 1971-1977.
Attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1977-1978.
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1978-2002.
Judge, Northern District of California, 2002-Present.

[edit] Controversies

[edit] Global Warming

In 2005, White allowed environment groups and four municipalities to go forward with a lawsuit against federal agencies. The basis for the lawsuit was a claim that the federal government is contributing to global warming by funding various overseas projects.

[edit] WikiLeaks

In February of 2008, White shut down the ISP provider for the American mirror of the Website WikiLeaks. The basis for this action was a claim by the Swiss banking group Julius Baer. On February 18, 2008, White approved an agreement between Dynadot and Baer (an injunction based on stipulation); ^[1]^[2] this action garnered news coverage around the world. ^[3] ^[4]

This order was widely criticized as both improper (prior restraint is generally prohibited by the First Amendment) and ineffective (Wikileaks' web servers are in Sweden, and numerous mirrors exist). ^[5].