United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court
The United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court is a special court consisting of five Article III judges, selected by the Chief Justice of the United States. Its job is to determine whether aliens should be deported from the United States on the grounds that they are terrorists.
The Court is modeled after the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and was created by, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, codified at.
As of 2019, the Court has never received an application from the Attorney General for the removal of an alien terrorist, and had therefore conducted no proceedings.
Current composition of the court
As of 2020:Judge | Judicial district | Date appointed | Term expiry |
James E. Boasberg | District of Columbia | 2020 | 2025 |
James Parker Jones | Western District of Virginia | 2016 | 2021 |
Thomas B. Russell | Western District of Kentucky | 2016 | 2021 |
Anne C. Conway | Middle District of Florida | 2017 | 2022 |
Michael W. Mosman | District of Oregon | 2018 | 2023 |
Former judges
As of 2018:Judge | Judicial district | Date appointed | Term expiry |
Alfred M. Wolin | District of New Jersey | 1996 | 2004 |
Earl Hamblin Carroll | District of Arizona | 1996 | 2006 |
David Dudley Dowd Jr. | Northern District of Ohio | 1996 | 2014 |
Michael Anthony Telesca | Western District of New York | 1996 | 2015 |
William Clark O'Kelley | Northern District of Georgia | 1996 | 2017 |
James Chris Cacheris | Eastern District of Virginia | 2005 | 2016 |
Harold Albert Baker | Central District of Illinois | 2008 | 2018 |