Talk:John D. Bates

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Plame case[edit]

Is this the judge in the Plame civil case? Kingturtle 19:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

yes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.60.196.46 (talk) 20:21, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References to "Judge" prior to appointment[edit]

Editing note: please don't refer to him as Judge Bates when discussing periods before he bacame a judge. RJFJR (talk) 00:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List format for controversial decisions[edit]

I think the list format is quite appropriate for controversial decisions. Such decisions are, by nature, relatively unconnected events. Non-list prose might be suitable for a discussion of a Judge's general history and tendencies in controversial decisions, but that's another matter.djlewis —Preceding undated comment was added at 15:41, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bot-created subpage[edit]

A subpage at John D. Bates/fjc was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot (talk) 13:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Suggesting addition to notable cases[edit]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/-donald-forum-user-gets-6-years-prison-battling-officers-capitol-riot-rcna104656

notable due to sentencing violent insurrectionist well below sentencing guidelines, and less than half of what prosecutors requested. 71.209.106.54 (talk) 15:10, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]