{{Short description|American judge (born 1976)}} {{Infobox judge | name = Brandon Scott Long | image = Brandon S. Long, U.S. District Court Judge.jpg | office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | appointer = Joe Biden | term_start = December 19, 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = Martin Leach-Cross Feldman | successor = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}} | birth_place = Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = University of Texas at Austin (BA, BBA)<br>Duke University (JD) }} '''Brandon Scott Long''' (born 1976)<ref name="Questionnaire">{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/long_sjq.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.<ref name="WHBio">{{Cite web|date=June 7, 2023|title=President Biden Names Thirty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees and One New Nominee to Serve as U.S. Attorney|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/07/president-biden-names-thirty-fourth-round-of-judicial-nominees-and-one-new-nominee-to-serve-as-u-s-attorney/|access-date=June 7, 2023|website=The White House|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Education ==
Long received a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Texas at Austin in 1999 and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 2005.<ref name="WHBio"/>
== Career ==
From 2005 to 2010, Long was an associate at King & Spalding at their Washington, D.C. office. From 2010 to 2014, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. From 2014 to 2023, Long served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans. From February 2020 to July 2021, Long was detailed to serve as the deputy chief of staff to FBI Director Christopher A. Wray in Washington, D.C.<ref name="WHBio"/><ref name="Politico">{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/07/biden-judicial-picks-edwards-scott-long-00100661| title=Biden rolls out 2 new red-state judicial picks| date=June 7, 2023| first=Betsy|last=Woodruff| publisher=Politico, US}}</ref><ref name="The Hill">{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4038161-biden-names-two-louisiana-judicial-nominee-picks/| title=Biden names two Louisiana judicial nominee picks| date=June 7, 2023| first=Alex|last=Gangitano | publisher=The Hill, US}}</ref>
=== Notable cases ===
* In 2016, Long prosecuted retired New Orleans Saints player Darren Sharper who was accused of drugging and raping women. Sharper was sentenced to 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty.<ref name="Long quizzed about Hunter Biden's laptop">{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2023 |title=Federal judge nominee for New Orleans quizzed about Hunter Biden's laptop |url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/new-orleans-nominee-quizzed-about-hunter-bidens-laptop/article_2902908e-20f0-11ee-a1f8-db80caaa86dd.amp.html |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vazquez |first1=Christina |date=February 20, 2014 |title=Former NFL player accused of sexual assault in Miami Beach |agency=WPLG |url=http://www.local10.com/news/former-nfl-player-accused-of-sexual-assault-in-miami-beach_20151127092122493 |access-date=October 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810142452/https://www.local10.com/news/2014/02/20/former-nfl-player-accused-of-sexual-assault-in-miami-beach/ |archive-date=August 10, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ProPublicaPoliceFailure">{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=T. Christian |last2=Gabrielson |first2=Ryan |last3=Vargas |first3=Ramon Antonio |last4=Simerman |first4=John |date=August 18, 2016 |title=Upon Further Review: Inside the Police Failure to Stop Darren Sharper's Rape Spree |agency=ProPublica, The New Orleans Advocate |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/police-fail-stop-nfl-darren-sharper-rape-spree |access-date=October 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810142523/https://www.propublica.org/article/police-fail-stop-nfl-darren-sharper-rape-spree |archive-date=August 10, 2022}}</ref>
* Long was co-counsel in the investigation and prosecution of celebrity bandleader Irvin Mayfield, and of his business partner Ronald Markham. Mayfield is the co-founder of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. On November 3, 2021, both Mayfield and Markham were sentenced to 18 months in prison for "egregious fraud" of "ripping off the public libraries" after pleading guilty to siphoning $1.3 million from the New Orleans Public Library Foundation.<ref name="Long quizzed about Hunter Biden's laptop" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/article_b397d2a8-c520-11e8-b899-3b076911ed37.html|title=Audit: Irvin Mayfield's New Orleans Jazz Orchestra overspent, diverted donations|website=Theadvocate.com|date=October 2018 |access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_413a86d5-2e5a-5386-bcb5-a33e182fafde.html|title=Irvin Mayfield's N.O. Jazz Orchestra barely met payroll amid 5-star hotel stays, bar tabs: audit|author=Jennifer Larino|website=Nola.com|date=October 2018 |access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
=== Federal judicial service ===
On June 7, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Long to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.<ref name="WHBio"/> Nine members of the Congressional Black Caucus wrote a letter<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23837104-0084_001 | title=Letter to request withdrawal of Louisiana nominees | website=White House | date=June 7, 2023 }}</ref> to President Joe Biden asking him to withdraw the nominations of Long and Jerry Edwards Jr. because the sole Democratic lawmaker from Louisiana, Representative Troy Carter, had not been properly consulted on multiple judicial nominations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/06-7-2023/carter/ | title=Top Congressional Black Caucus members are calling for the Biden administration to yank two judicial nominations | website=Politico | date=June 7, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/biden-announces-plans-to-nominate-two-trial-judges-in-louisiana | title=Biden Louisiana Judge Picks Win Over GOP, Anger Black Caucus | website=Bloomberglaw.com| date=June 7, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/president-biden-chooses-two-to-fill-vacancies-on-louisianas-u-s-district-courts/article_c41ea13a-052e-11ee-8dd4-6b7da0bbfe18.html | title=Joe Biden taps 2 to fill vacancies on Louisiana's U.S. District Courts - and is blasted | website=Nola.com| date=June 7, 2023 }}</ref> On June 8, 2023, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Long to the seat vacated by Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman, who died on January 26, 2022.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=June 8, 2023|publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url= https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/06/08/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-109/}}</ref> Soon after the nomination was announced, Senator Bill Cassidy announced his support.<ref name="shreveporttimes">{{Cite web |last=Hilburn |first=Greg |date=June 8, 2023 |title=Biden nominates Shreveport attorney to be first Black Louisiana Western District judge |url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2023/06/08/biden-nominates-shreveport-attorney-to-be-first-black-federal-judge-in-louisiana-western-district/70301231007/ |access-date=July 30, 2023 |website=The Times |language=en-US}}</ref> On July 12, 2023, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=July 10, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/07/12/2023/nominations}}</ref> During his confirmation hearing, Republican senators, including Senator Josh Hawley, pressed him on his role as deputy chief of staff to FBI Director Christopher Wray from 2020 to 2021 regarding a federal investigation of Hunter Biden and other allegations about the Justice Department that have angered conservatives.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Headley|first=Tiana|title=Senate Confirms One of Judiciary's Youngest Trial Court Judges|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/senate-confirms-one-of-judiciarys-youngest-trial-court-judges|website=Bloomberg Law|access-date=July 12, 2023|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ballard|first=Mark|title=Federal judge nominee for New Orleans quizzed about Hunter Biden's laptop|url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/new-orleans-nominee-quizzed-about-hunter-bidens-laptop/article_2902908e-20f0-11ee-a1f8-db80caaa86dd.amp.html|website=nola.com|access-date=July 12, 2023|language=en-US}}</ref> On July 12, 2023, U.S. Representative Steven Horsford sent a letter<ref name="Letter to Dick Durbin">{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2023 |title=Congressional Black Caucus letter to Dick Durbin |website=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000189-4a41-da75-a98b-dfe7c34e0000 |language=en-US}}</ref> to Senate Judiciary chairman Dick Durbin saying the Congressional Black Caucus would oppose the Senate Judiciary Committee's consideration of Long, pending changes to the committee's "blue slip" policy.<ref name="Congressional Black Caucus vows to oppose">{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2023 |title=Congressional Black Caucus vows to oppose Senate Judiciary's consideration of two judges over 'blue slip' policy |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4094527-congressional-black-caucus-vows-to-oppose-senate-judiciarys-consideration-of-two-judges-over-blue-slip-policy/ |language=en-US}}</ref> On September 14, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 16–5 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-09-14_-_ebm_-_results.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 14, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=September 14, 2023}}</ref> On December 14, 2023, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by a 64–22 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00346.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Brandon S. Long, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana)|website=United States Senate|date=December 14, 2023|access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref> He received his judicial commission on December 19, 2023.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=13761411|inline=yes}}</ref> He was sworn in on December 21, 2023.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Brandon S. Long Sworn in as new District Court Judge|url=https://www.laed.uscourts.gov/news/brandon-s-long-sworn-new-district-court-judge|website=laed.uscourts.gov|access-date=December 22, 2023}}</ref>
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