Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 2011 Membership
- ️Thu Mar 20 2008
2012 Membership
2011 Membership
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was created by section 103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(a)). It was originally comprised of seven district judges from seven circuits named by the Chief Justice of the United States to serve a maximum of 7 years.In 2001, the U.S.A. Patriot Act (section 208) amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to increase the number of FIS Court judges from seven to eleven, "of whom no fewer than 3 shall reside within 20 miles of the District of Columbia." The membership of the Court in 2011 was as follows.
| Appointed | Expires | ||
| BATES, John D. (Presiding, since May 18, 2009) | D.D.C. | 2/22/2006 | 2/21/2013 |
| COFFMAN, Jennifer B. | E.D.Kentucky | 5/19/2011 | 5/18/2018 |
| FELDMAN, Martin L.C. | E.D.Louis. | 5/19/2010 | 5/18/2017 |
| HOGAN, Thomas F. | D.D.C. | 5/18/2009 | 5/18/2016 |
| HOWARD, Malcolm | N.C. | 5/19/2005 | 5/18/2012 |
| McLAUGHLIN, Mary A. | E.D. Pa. | 5/18/2008 | 5/18/2015 |
| SAYLOR, F. Dennis | Mass. | 5/19/2011 | 5/18/2018 |
| VINSON, Roger | N.D.Florida | 5/04/2006 | 5/18/2013 |
| WALTON, Reggie B. | D.D.C. | 5/19/2007 | 5/18/2014 |
| WRIGHT, Susan Webber | E.D. Arkansas | 5/18/2009 | 5/18/2016 |
| ZAGEL, James B. | N.D. Ill. | 5/18/2008 | 5/18/2015 |
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT OF REVIEW
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review was created by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to review applications that were denied by the FIS Court. The Court of Review is comprised of three judges, one of whom is designated as the presiding judge, named by the Chief Justice of the United States from the U.S. district or appellate courts. Judges serve a maximum of seven years and are not eligible for redesignation.| Appointed | Expires | ||
| SELYA, Bruce M. (Presiding) | Ninth Circuit | 8/08/2005 (became presiding judge 5/19/08) | 5/18/2012 |
| BRYSON, William C. | Federal Circuit | 5/19/2011 | 5/18/2018 |
| ARNOLD, Morris S. | Eighth Circuit | 5/19/2008 | 5/18/2015 |