Ajmel Quereshi
Ajmel Quereshi | |
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| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland | |
| Assumed office April 18, 2022 | |
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Ajmel Quereshi is a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Quereshi is the son of two Pakistani-American immigrants. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, English, and History from Marquette University, cum laude. He received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2007.[2]
Career[edit]
After law school, Quereshi clerked for Damon Keith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and James G. Carr of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. In between his clerkships, he served as a Skadden Fellow at the ACLU of Maryland, also serving on the ACLU of Maryland's board of directors.[3] Quereshi accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of the Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law. Quereshi served as staff counsel at the ACLU's National Prison Project.[4] In 2015, Mr. Quereshi joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where he served as Senior Counsel.[5] Quereshi was selected as a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and took the oath of office during an informal ceremony on April 18, 2022.[6]
Notable cases[edit]
In 2018, Quereshi was lead counsel in multiple suits against HUD. The suits alleged HUD suspended housing regulations that made housing more accessible and affordable. In Open Communities Alliance v. Carson, a preliminary injunction was obtained, pausing the Trump Administration from suspending the regulation.[7][8][9]
Also in 2018, Quereshi was part of the legal team in a class-action lawsuit filed by The ACLU of Michigan, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and lawyers from Covington & Burling LLP. The suit, Morningside v. Sabree alleged discriminatory tax foreclosures and was filed against the Wayne County Treasurer, Wayne County, Michigan and the City of Detroit.[10][11]
In 2019, Quereshi led a legal team that represented plaintiffs in Bradford v. Maryland State Board of Education. The ACLU and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of students attending public schools in Baltimore who claimed they were denied a constitutionally adequate education.[12][13][14]
Personal life[edit]
Quereshi, who is a Muslim, met his wife Jill E. Rauh, a devout Catholic, through a student group devoted to justice issues.[15] In 2021, Quereshi and his wife Jill Rauh were awarded the Spirit of Marquette Award at Marquette University.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ajmel A Quereshi, United States District Court of Maryland: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ↑ "Ajmel A. Quereshi, Magistrate Judge | District of Maryland | United States District Court". www.mdd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ↑ "Ajmel Quereshi Fights To Collect State Money for Maryland Schools | News & Stories | Skadden Fellowship Foundation". www.skaddenfellowships.org. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ↑ "Ajmel Quereshi - Practising Law Institute". www.pli.edu. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ↑ "Ajmel Quereshi". Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ↑ "Appointment of Ajmel A. Quereshi as United States Magistrate Judge | District of Maryland | United States District Court". www.mdd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ↑ "New federal rule will make it harder to challenge discrimination in the housing industry, lawsuits allege". The Washington Post. 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "OCA v. Carson". American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ↑ "Open Communities Alliance and SouthCoast Fair Housing file lawsuit against HUD". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gross, Allie. "ACLU, NAACP LDF argue Wayne County tax foreclosures violate Fair Housing Act". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ↑ https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/morningside-v-sabree
- ↑ "Arguments resume in decades-old Bradford lawsuit over adequate funding for Baltimore City schools". Baltimore Sun. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ↑ "Bradford v. Maryland Board of Education". Legal Defense Fund. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ↑ "Bradford v. Maryland State Board of Education | ACLU of Maryland | ACLU of Maryland exists to empower Marylanders to exercise their rights so that the law values and uplifts their humanity". www.aclu-md.org. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ↑ "All-University Award Recipient - Marquette University". alumni.marquette.edu. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ↑ Whitehead, Sandra (1 June 2021). "Ajmel Quereshi and wife Jill Rauh honored for commitment to social justice". Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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