Joseph F. Saporito Jr.
{{Short description|American judge (born 1960)}}
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| office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
| term_start = August 13, 2024
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| appointer = Joe Biden
| predecessor = Malachy E. Mannion
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| office1 = Chief Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
| term_start1 = February 2024
| term_end1 = August 13, 2024
| predecessor1 = Karoline Mehalchick
| successor1 = Daryl F. Bloom
| office2 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
| term_start2 = February 15, 2015
| term_end2 = August 13, 2024
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| birth_name = Joseph Francis Saporito Jr.https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/1750
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|3|8}}{{cite web |title=The County Line - Summer 2013 |url=https://stage.pabar.org/pdf/countyline/clsummer2013.pdf#page=13 |website=Pennsylvania Bar Association |date=2013}}
| birth_place = Pittston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| education = Villanova University (BA)
Pennsylvania State University (JD)
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Joseph F. Saporito Jr. (born March 8, 1960) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania since 2024. He previously served as the chief United States magistrate judge of the same court from February 2024 to August 2024, while concurrently serving as a magistrate judge from 2015 to 2024.
Education
Saporito earned a Bachelor of Arts from Villanova University in 1982 and a Juris Doctor from the Dickinson School of Law in 1985.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Names Forty-Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees |date=May 8, 2024 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/05/08/president-biden-names-forty-ninth-round-of-judicial-nominees/ |access-date=May 8, 2024}} {{PD-notice}}
Career
From 1985 to 2015, Saporito served as a part-time assistant public defender in the Office of the Public Defender for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; he also was in private legal practice at Saporito & Saporito and then Saporito, Saporito & Falcone, in Pittston.
= Federal judicial service =
Saporito assumed office as a United States magistrate judge on February 12, 2015.{{Cite web |title=Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr. {{!}} Middle District of Pennsylvania {{!}} United States District Court |url=https://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/magistrate-judge-joseph-f-saporito-jr |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=www.pamd.uscourts.gov}} He was sworn into office on April 16, 2015 by Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner.{{Cite web |date=April 16, 2015 |title=Pittston attorney Joseph Saporito Jr. sworn in as federal district magistrate |url=https://www.timesleader.com/news/9969/pittston-attorney-joseph-saporito-jr-sworn-in-as-federal-district-magistrate |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=Times Leader |language=en-US}}
Saporito was recommended to the Biden administration by Senators Bob Casey Jr. and John Fetterman.{{Cite press release |title=Casey, Fetterman Applaud Nomination of Joseph F. Saporito as U.S. District Judge for Middle District of Pennsylvania |date=May 8, 2024 |url=https://www.casey.senate.gov/news/releases/casey-fetterman-applaud-nomination-of-joseph-f-saporito-as-us-district-judge-for-middle-district-of-pennsylvania |access-date=May 8, 2024}} On May 8, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Saporito to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |last=Mocarsky |first=Steve |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Biden gives Saporito, of Jenkins Twp., nod for District Court judgeship |url=https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/biden-gives-saporito-of-jenkins-twp-nod-for-district-court-judgeship/article_ce28aca8-e746-5b49-b2b2-20047d9aa64d.html |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice |language=en}} On May 14, 2024, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Saporito to the seat vacated by Judge Malachy E. Mannion, who assumed senior status on January 3, 2024.{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=May 14, 2024 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/05/14/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-146/}} On June 5, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=June 4, 2024|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/06/05/2024/nominations}} On July 11, 2024, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 14–7 vote.{{Cite press release |title=Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Eight Judicial Nominations To The Full Senate |date=July 11, 2024 |publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/senate-judiciary-committee-advances-eight-judicial-nominations-to-the-full-senate |access-date=July 11, 2024}} On July 31, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 52–39 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00226.htm|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joseph Francis Saporito, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania)|website=United States Senate|date=July 31, 2024|access-date=July 31, 2024}} Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 53–39 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00227.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Joseph Francis Saporito, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania)|website=United States Senate|date=July 31, 2024|access-date=July 31, 2024}} He received his judicial commission on August 13, 2024.{{FJC Bio|nid=13761816|inline=yes}}
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:21st-century American lawyers
Category:Dickinson School of Law alumni
Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Category:People from Pittston, Pennsylvania
Category:United States district court judges appointed by Joe Biden