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'''A. Howard Matz''' (born 1943) is an ] and ]. He has sat on the ] since 1998.
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'''Alvin Howard Matz''' (born August 3, 1943)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cmlw3xWy5EQC&pg=PA911|page=911|title=Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, February 4; February 25; March 18; March 24; April 29, 1998|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1998}}</ref> is a former ] of the ].


==Education and career==
==Career==
Matz was born in ], ]. He received his ] ] from ] in 1965 and his ] from ] in 1968. Matz ] for Judge ] of the ]. He was in ] in ] from 1969 to 1970.


Matz moved to ] and was in private practice in ] with ] from 1972 to 1974. He served as ] from 1974 to 1978, and was chief of the Special Prosecutions Unit from 1977 to 1978, when he left the Attorney General's office to return to Hughes Hubbard as a ]. Matz was born in ], ]. He received an ] degree from ] in 1965 and a ] from ] in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia College Today |url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/win99/48_fr.html |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.college.columbia.edu}}</ref> Matz ] for Judge ] of the ], and was in ] in New York from 1970 to 1972. Matz moved to ] with the law firm of ], where he worked from 1972 to 1974. He served as an ] from 1974 to 1978, and was Chief of the Special Prosecutions unit from 1977 to 1978, when he left to return to Hughes Hubbard as a ].


==Federal judicial service==
] ] nominated Matz to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on October 20, 1997, to a seat vacated by ]. He was unanimously ] by the ] on June 26, 1998.


On October 27, 1997, ] ] nominated Matz to a seat on the Central District of California vacated by ]. Matz was unanimously ] by the ] on June 26, 1998, and received his commission on June 29, 1998. He assumed ] on July 11, 2011, and retired on April 1, 2013.
==Famous rulings==
* Judge Matz presided over the first legal challenge to the United States Government's treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees, in a petition brought by a ] group seeking ] for the detainees.
*Matz was the judge in the ] case '']''. In the case, '']'' ] ] for making digitally available copyrighted content that it owned in the form of thumbnail-sized reproductions as part of Google's ] initiative. Matz rejected Google's ] claim, which marked a reversal from the '']'' case.
==Sources==
{{FJC Bio|2775|A. Howard Matz}}


==External links== ==Notable rulings==
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* Matz presided over the first legal challenge to the U.S. government's treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees in a ] petition brought by a ] group seeking relief for the detainees.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}
* Matz was the judge in '']'', a ] case in which ] ] ] for displaying thumbnail-sized reproductions of its images. Matz rejected Google's ] defense, distinguishing '']''. The Ninth Circuit reversed in '']''.


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Latest revision as of 20:36, 28 March 2024

American judge
A. Howard Matz
circa 2012
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office
July 11, 2011 – April 1, 2013
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office
June 29, 1998 – July 11, 2011
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byHarry Lindley Hupp
Succeeded byMichael W. Fitzgerald
Personal details
Born (1943-08-03) August 3, 1943 (age 81)
Brooklyn, New York
EducationColumbia University (AB)
Harvard Law School (JD)

Alvin Howard Matz (born August 3, 1943) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Education and career

Matz was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Columbia University in 1965 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1968. Matz clerked for Judge Morris E. Lasker of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and was in private practice in New York from 1970 to 1972. Matz moved to Los Angeles with the law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, where he worked from 1972 to 1974. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California from 1974 to 1978, and was Chief of the Special Prosecutions unit from 1977 to 1978, when he left to return to Hughes Hubbard as a partner.

Federal judicial service

On October 27, 1997, President Bill Clinton nominated Matz to a seat on the Central District of California vacated by Harry Lindley Hupp. Matz was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on June 26, 1998, and received his commission on June 29, 1998. He assumed senior status on July 11, 2011, and retired on April 1, 2013.

Notable rulings

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See also

References

  1. Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, February 4; February 25; March 18; March 24; April 29, 1998. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1998. p. 911.
  2. "Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-14.

External links

Legal offices
Preceded byHarry Lindley Hupp Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
1998–2011 		Succeeded byMichael W. Fitzgerald
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