Timothy J. Savage (born March 24, 1946) is a

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of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Education and career

Savage was born in

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, and graduated from Holy Ghost Preparatory School in 1964. He received a

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degree from Assumption College (now Assumption University) in 1968. He received a

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from

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in 1971. He was in private practice in Pennsylvania from 1971 to 2002. He was a Hearing examiner for the

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from 1976 to 2002.

District court service

Savage is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Savage was nominated by President

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on March 21, 2002, to a seat vacated by

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. He was confirmed by the

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on August 1, 2002, and received his commission the same day. He assumed

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on March 1, 2021.

Notable rulings

On November 29, 2012, Savage ruled that the mother of a daughter with pervasive development disorder (PDD), a form of autism, was entitled to take time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in order to find alternative daycare arrangements for her daughter. Her daughter was blind in one eye in addition to having autism. Savage wrote: “What is relevant is that Carolyn has a chronic serious health condition resulting in an inability to perform regular daily activities and Wegelin had to make arrangements to find a suitable daycare that could care for her.” In oral arguments on November 4, 2020, Savage appeared skeptical of the Pennsylvania GOP's attempt to prevent Montgomery County from counting absentee ballots that voters were permitted to fix after they were notified of deficiencies. “In other words I am losing my vote?” Savage asked the Pennsylvania GOP's lawyer. On November 6, Savage rejected the state GOP's effort to throw out the "cured" absentee ballots that once contained errors. On December 22, 2020, Savage ruled that

restaurants are not entitled to coverage for lost business during

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Savage, Timothy J. 1946 births Living people Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush 21st-century American judges Assumption University (Worcester) alumni Temple University Beasley School of Law alumni Lawyers from Philadelphia