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Joseph Henry Rodriguez (born December 12, 1930) is a
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of the
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.


Education and career

Rodriguez was born in
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, to Mario, a survivor of the 1918 sinking of the passenger liner SS ''Carolina'', and Carmen Martinez Chapel Rodriguez, Rodriguez received an
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degree from
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in 1955 and a
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from Rutgers School of Law–Camden in 1958. He was in private practice in Camden from 1959 to 1982. He was the Chairman of New Jersey State Board of Higher Education from 1971 to 1973, and of the State Commission of Investigation from 1974 to 1979. He was a public advocate/public defender, for the State of New Jersey from 1982 to 1985.


Federal judicial service

On February 28, 1985, Rodriguez was nominated by President
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to a new seat on the
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created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the
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on May 3, 1985, and received his commission on May 10, 1985. He assumed
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on May 22, 1998. In 2007, Rodriguez wrote for a unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit when it held that challengers had no standing to bring claims of racially exclusionary zoning.


See also

* List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists * List of first minority male lawyers and judges in New Jersey


References


Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Joseph H. 1930 births Living people 20th-century American judges 21st-century American judges Hispanic and Latino American judges Hispanic and Latino American lawyers Judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey People from Camden, New Jersey Public defenders Rutgers University alumni United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan