Gerald Rosen
Gerald Ellis Rosen was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He first joined the court in 1990 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. From 2009 to 2015, Rosen served as chief judge of the district court. He served as a senior judge from October 26, 2016, until his retirement from judicial service on January 31, 2017.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Chandler, Arizona, Rosen earned his B.A. from Kalamazoo College in 1973 and his J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1979.[1]
Professional career
- 2016-2017: Senior federal judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- 1992-present: Adjunct professor, Wayne State University
- 1990-2016: District judge, Eastern District of Michigan
- 2009-2015: Chief judge
- 1979-1990: Private practice, Detroit, Mich.
- 1974-1979: Legislative assistant, U.S. Sen. Robert Griffin (R-Mich.)[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eastern District of Michigan
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Gerald E. Rosen |
| Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
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| Confirmed 120 days after nomination. |
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Rosen was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on November 9, 1989, to a seat vacated by Judge Philip Pratt as Pratt assumed senior status. The American Bar Association rated Rosen Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Rosen's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 21, 1990, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on March 8, 1990. Rosen was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on March 9, 1990, and he received his commission on March 12, 1990. From 2009 to 2015, he served as chief judge for the district court. He elected to take senior status on October 26, 2016, and he retired from judicial service on January 31, 2017.[1][3]
Publications
Rosen has written and published articles for professional journals and the popular press on a wide range of issues, including civil procedure, evidence, due process, criminal law, labor law and legal advertising. He is also a co-author of Federal Civil Trials and Evidence, Federal Employment Litigation and Michigan Civil Trials and Evidence and is the senior editor of West Publishing Company's Michigan Practice Guide series.[4]
Awards and associations
For five years prior to joining the court, Judge Rosen co-chaired the judicial evaluation committee for the Eastern District. From 1995 to 2001, Rosen served on the U.S. Judicial Conference's Committee on Criminal Law. As a member of that committee, he was involved in developing procedures for criminal sentencing guidelines used in federal courts.[1][4]
Noteworthy cases
Alleged: former mayor, police, cover-up murder of exotic dancer (2010-2011)
Judge Rosen was the presiding judge in a wrongful death suit brought upon the death of Tamara Greene. Greene was an exotic dancer who allegedly danced at a rumored 'wild party' at the Detroit mayoral mansion, the Manoogian Mansion. The dancer was killed in a drive-by shooting in April 2013, roughly eight months after some say the party had occurred. It was also alleged that disgraced former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's wife, Carlita Kilpatrick, showed up to end the party and assaulted Greene; the defendants maintained that there was never a party at the Mansion. Greene's family sued the City and the mayor in 2005, claiming that the Detroit Police botched the investigation into her murder to prevent her killers from being found and to prevent facts of the supposed party from becoming public.[5]
On January 15, 2010, after indications the City was not cooperating with discovery requests in an attempt to stall the case, Judge Rosen warned the defendants that further failures to comply in a timely fashion would be met with sanctions. Rosen issued an order giving the City and Attorney General's office a week to hand over documents related to the trial to Greene's family attorney, who had requested the materials.[6] On March 23, 2010, the judge granted a request by Greene's attorneys to have the wife and father of Kwame Kilpatrick deposed. However, the judge denied a request to depose a former staffer of Michigan Attorney General, Mike Cox, regarding the Attorney General's offices' involvement in the case.[7]
Due to the lurid and high-reaching allegations in the suit, media members requested that relevant documents be made public, and a hearing to decide on this was scheduled. In advance of the hearing, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy wrote a letter to Judge Rosen urging him to restrict what documents the media can view. Although it was seven years after the shooting death of Greene, Worthy emphasized that the efforts of the investigations related to the case would be derailed if improper information was released. The sealed documents included Attorney General Cox's deposition.[8] The documents remained sealed per Judge Rosen's order on May 12, 2010.[9]
In 2011, Judge Rosen found that there was no evidence that city officials or the former mayor sabotaged the murder investigation into Tamara Greene's death. Rosen granted summary judgment in favor of the City of Detroit and Kilpatrick. The Greene family attorney appealed the decision to the Sixth Circuit, but Judge Rosen's decision was upheld.[5][10]
The Greene family and their lawyers have indicated they intend to pursue an appeal in the Supreme Court.[11]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed October 20, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 101st Congress," accessed October 20, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 869 - Gerald E. Rosen - The Judiciary," accessed October 20, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, "Judge Gerald E. Rosen," accessed October 20, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Detroit Free Press, "Court: No evidence Kwame Kilpatrick derailed Tamara Greene death probe," April 25, 2013
- ↑ The Detroit Free Press, "Wayne County news briefs: Detroit accused of stalling in Greene case," January 19, 2010
- ↑ WXYZ-TV, "Kilpatrick's wife & father will have to testify," March 24, 2010
- ↑ WJBK-TV, "Worthy: Keep the lid on case tied to Tamara Greene," May 11, 2010
- ↑ The Detroit Free Press, "Lawsuit by the kids of dancer to stay sealed," May 13, 2010
- ↑ Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, "Ernest Flagg, as Next Friend of J.B., a minor, et al., v. City of Detroit & Kwame M. Kilpatrick," April 25, 2013
- ↑ MLive, "Tamara Greene attorney says he's taking Kwame Kilpatrick coverup lawsuit to Supreme Court," April 30, 2013
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| Preceded by: Philip Pratt |
Eastern District of Michigan 1989–2016 Seat #10 |
Succeeded by: Stephanie Dawkins Davis
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