Amy M. Baggio

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| name = Amy M. Baggio

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| office = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon

| term_start = August 22, 2024

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| appointer = Joe Biden

| predecessor = Marco A. Hernandez

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| office1 = Judge of the Multnomah County Circuit Court

| term_start1 = March 19, 2019

| term_end1 = August 22, 2024

| appointer1 = Kate Brown

| predecessor1 = Marilyn Litzenberger

| successor1 = Jeff Auxier

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| birth_name = Amy Margaret Baggio

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}}

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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| education = Wake Forest University (BA)
Lewis & Clark College (JD)

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Amy Margaret Baggio (born 1973){{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/baggio_sjq.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=December 13, 2023}} is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon since 2024. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, prior to appointment to the bench, she had a career in criminal defense, including as a federal public defender. She also previously served as a judge of the Multnomah County Circuit Court from 2019 to 2024.

Early life and education

Baggio was born in Pittsburgh. Baggio received a Bachelor of Arts in speech communication, cum laude, in 1995 from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Names Forty-Second Round of Judicial Nominees |date=November 15, 2023 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/11/15/president-biden-names-forty-second-round-of-judicial-nominees/ |access-date=November 15, 2023}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Peter |title=Multnomah judge named to U.S. District Court |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/multnomah-judge-named-to-u-s-district-court/article_77c2f084-8440-11ee-afbc-032717768b16.html |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=PortlandTribune.com |date=15 November 2023 |language=en}}

Early life and career

From 2001 to 2002, Baggio served as a staff attorney in the Portland Office of the Metropolitan Public Defender. From 2002 to 2005, she served as a research and writing attorney and then from 2005 to 2012 as an assistant federal public defender, both within the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon. From 2013 to 2019, she worked as a sole practitioner at her own criminal law defense firm, Baggio Law, also in Portland. On March 19, 2019, Governor Kate Brown appointed Baggio to serve as a judge of the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Marilyn Litzenberger.{{Cite web |title=The Honorable Amy Baggio: Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge |url=https://mbabar.org/about/mba-news/the-honorable-amy-baggio--multnomah-county-circuit-court-judge/ |access-date=November 15, 2023 |website=mbabar.org}}

In 2021, Baggio presided over a case that raised questions about the quality of medical care at the Snake River Correctional Institution. Baggio ruled that the prison's masking compliance had been inadequate and "creates an unjustifiable risk" throughout the prison.{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2021 |title=Oregon prison COVID-19 lawsuit ruling hailed as a landmark |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/04/oregon-prison-covid-19-lawsuit-ruling-hailed-as-a-landmark-for-prisoners-rights.html |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2023 |title=President Biden nominates Oregon judge for the federal bench |url=https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/11/15/biden-nominates-oregon-judge-for-the-federal-bench/ |language=en-US}}

= Federal judicial service =

On June 1, 2023, Baggio was one of six names U.S. senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley submitted to the White House.{{Citation |title=Names of 6 finalists forwarded to White House for upcoming federal court vacancy in Oregon |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/06/names-of-6-finalists-forwarded-to-white-house-for-upcoming-federal-court-vacancy-in-oregon.html|language=en |access-date=2023-06-01}} On November 15, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Baggio to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. On November 27, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Baggio to the seat being vacated by Judge Marco A. Hernandez, who subsequently assumed senior status on August 21, 2024.{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=November 27, 2023 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/11/27/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-130/}}

On December 13, 2023, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=December 12, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/12/13/2023/nominations}} On January 3, 2024, her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2024 |title=PN1155 — Amy M. Baggio — The Judiciary |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/1155 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=congress.gov}} and she was renominated on January 8, 2024.{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=January 3, 2024 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/01/08/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-133/}} On January 18, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–9 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-18_-_ebm_-_results1.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=January 19, 2024}}{{Cite press release |title=Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Twenty Judicial Nominations, One Executive Nomination to the Full Senate |date=January 18, 2024 |publisher=United States Senate Judiciary Committee |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/releases/senate-judiciary-committee-advances-twenty-judicial-nominations-one-executive-nomination-to-the-full-senate |access-date=January 18, 2024}} On February 6, 2024, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 54–43 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00037.htm|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Amy M. Baggio to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon)|website=United States Senate|date=February 6, 2024|access-date=February 6, 2024}} Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 54–44 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00038.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Amy M. Baggio, of Oregon, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon)|website=United States Senate|date=February 6, 2024|access-date=February 6, 2024}} She received her judicial commission on August 22, 2024,{{FJC Bio|nid=13761496|inline=yes}} and was sworn in the next day.{{Cite press release|title=Hon. Amy Baggio Appointed as a U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon|url=https://ord.uscourts.gov/index.php?view=article&id=2312:hon-amy-baggio-appointed-as-a-u-s-district-judge-for-the-district-of-oregon&catid=218|website=ord.uscourts.gov|access-date=August 23, 2024}}

= Notable cases =

Baggio and Ruben Iniquez, who also worked as an assistant federal public defender, were appointed to represent Nazar Chaman Gul in his case filed in U.S. District Court. Baggio and Iniquez helped secure the release of Gul, an Afghan imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay Prison since 2003, in what turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2023 |title=Multnomah judge named to District Court |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/multnomah-judge-named-to-u-s-district-court/article_77c2f084-8440-11ee-afbc-032717768b16.html |language=en-US}}

In 2023, Baggio sentenced Tusitala "Tiny" Toese, a member of the Proud Boys, to an additional two years in prison beyond the minimum sentence for his role in a 2021 brawl in east Portland.{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2023 |title=Tusitala 'Tiny' Toese hit with more prison time for 2021 Proud Boys clash in Portland; 'You lose,' victim taunts |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/07/tusitala-tiny-toese-hit-with-more-prison-time-for-2021-proud-boys-clash-in-portland-you-lose-victim-taunts.html |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2023 |title=President Biden nominates Oregon judge to federal bench |url=https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/president-biden-nominates-oregon-judge-for-federal-bench/article_64a6f04a-8404-11ee-9dd4-5b840f698661.html |language=en-US}}