John Walter

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Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Central District of California

Tenure

2002 - Present

Years in position

Education

Bachelor's

Loyola University of Los Angeles, 1966

Law

Loyola University School of Law, Los Angeles, 1969

Personal

Birthplace

Buffalo, N.Y.

Contact

Official website

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Professional career
* 3 Judicial career
* 3.1 Central District of California
* 4 Noteworthy cases
* 4.1 BlueBeat.com case (2009-2011)
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Footnotes

John F. Walter is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.[1]

## Education[edit]

Walter graduated from Loyola Marymount University with his bachelor's degree in 1966 and with his J.D. degree in 1969.[1]

## Professional career[edit]

Walter became a private practice attorney licensed in the State of California from 1969 to 1970 and from 1972 to 2002. He worked in the U.S. Attorney's Office as assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California from 1970 to 1972.[1]

## Judicial career[edit]

### Central District of California[edit]

Walter was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Judge John Davies. Walter was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2002, on an unopposed 99-0-1 vote and received commission on May 1, 2002.[2][1]

## Noteworthy cases[edit]

### BlueBeat.com case (2009-2011)

See also: United States District Court for the Central District of California (Capitol Records, LLC et al v. Bluebeat Inc. et al, 2:09-cv-08030-JST -JC)

Judge Walter was the presiding judge in a lawsuit involving the music website BlueBeat.com. The judge on November 5, 2009, issued a restraining order on the music website preventing it from selling songs from the music group the Beatles. EMI, which holds the rights to the Beatles, alleged the website illegally sold Beatles songs.[3]

In March 2011, BlueBeat.com agreed to pay over $1 million to EMI in a settlement.[4]

## See also[edit]

* United States District Court for the Central District of California

## External links[edit]

* Judge John Walter Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Walter's Biography at the Federal Judicial Center
2. ↑ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ntquery/D?nomis:1:./temp/ nomisH8hqEJ:: THOMAS, "Nomination of John Walter"]
3. ↑ TopNews, "Federal judge temporarily restrains Beat.com from selling or streaming Beatles songs," November 6, 2009
4. ↑ Billboard.com, "BlueBeat.com to Pay EMI Nearly $1 Million for Illegally Selling Beatles Hits," March 29, 2011

Political offices

Preceded by
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2002-Present | Succeeded by

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Chief Judge: Philip Gutierrez • John Walter • Otis Wright • George Wu • Percy Anderson • Cormac Carney • David Carter (California) • Dale Fischer • Robert Klausner • Stephen V. Wilson • Fernando Olguin • Dolly Gee • Stanley Blumenfeld • Josephine Staton • Michael Fitzgerald (California) • Jesus Bernal • André Birotte, Jr. • Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong • Fernando Aenlle-Rocha • Mark Scarsi • John Holcomb (California)

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