Rudolph T. Randa

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Rudolph T. Randa (1940) is currently a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Randa earned a bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and attended University of Wisconsin Law School with Governor Tommy G. Thompson. He was appointed by the first President Bush and is a member of the conservative Federalist Society.

Recently, Randa has received media attention for sentencing Georgia Thompson to prison without bail. Four months later, the charges were thrown out after 20 minutes of discussion at an appeal and she was order to be "immediately released". Because of the posture of the case, it is clear that the Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit had directly found fault with Randa's decision to allow the case to go to a jury and that Randa had failed to properly dismiss the case under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Accordingly, the three judge appellate panel ordered Randa to immediately issue an order freeing Thompson.^[1] There are calls for investigation of United States Attorney Steve Biskupic in conjunction with current inquiries about political influence with the United States Attorney's Office, while many have raised the issue whether Randa's political ties led him to imprison Georgia Thompson without cause.