Amit Mehta
Amit Mehta | |
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Official portrait, 2016 | |
| Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
| Assumed office June 1, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | John Roberts |
| Preceded by | James Boasberg |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Assumed office December 19, 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Ellen Segal Huvelle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amit Priyavadan Mehta 1971 (age 54–55) Patan, Gujarat, India |
| Education | Georgetown University (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
Amit Priyavadan Mehta (born 1971) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed in 2014 by President Barack Obama. In 2021, Mehta became a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Mehta presided over cases related to attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the Google antitrust case. In 2022, he rejected efforts by Donald Trump to dismiss lawsuits accusing the former President of legal responsibility in the attacks.