Who are the FISA Judges? Where is their courtroom?
The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts, fills vacancies on the Foreign Intelligence Serveillance Court (FISC). He is pictured above.
Eleven Judges take turns serving, usually rotating every week. This federal court was created in 1978 and began in 1979.
Every FISC Judge's full-time job is to serve their appointed District Court. There are 13 federal district courts in the country.
Every few months, the FISA judges set aside their regular, public cases, travel to Washington, D.C. Their courtroom is at 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Prosecutors and federal agents from the FBI and Justice Department appear to answer questions about warrants before individual Judges. In the event a warrant is denied, appeals are heard by a panel of three, rather than a single, judge.
The FISC Judges are::
http://www.fisc.uscourts.gov/current-membership
Presiding (Head) Judge Rosemary M. Collyer
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge James Emanuel Boasberg
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge Rudolph "Rudy" Contreras
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge Anne C. Conway
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Judge Raymond Joseph Dearie
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Judge Claire V. Eagan
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Judge James Parker Jones
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, 333 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001
Pictures inside Prettyman Court House
Judge Robert Byron Kugler
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Judge Michael Wise Mosman
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
Judge Thomas P. Russell
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/saylor-f-dennis-iv
The FISC is located here:
More photos of the court are found here:
