Rudolph Contreras

Rudolph Contreras
Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office May 19, 2021 – May 18, 2023
Preceded by	James Boasberg
Succeeded by	Anthony Trenga
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office May 19, 2016 – May 18, 2023
Appointed by	John Roberts
Preceded by	Thomas F. Hogan
Succeeded by	Sara Elizabeth Lioi
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office March 23, 2012
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Ricardo M. Urbina
Personal details
Born	(1962-12-06) December 6, 1962 (age 61) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Education	Florida State University (BS) University of Pennsylvania (JD)

Rudolph Contreras (born December 6, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He served as Presiding Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2021 to 2023.

In December 2017 he briefly presided over the case of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, accepting Flynn's guilty plea, but was later recused from the case.^[1]