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Jose L. Linares (born 1953) is a United States federal judge.Born in Havana Cuba Linares received a B.A. from Jersey City State University in 1975 and a J.D. from Temple Law School in 1978. He was a supervising attorney of the New York City Department of Investigation from 1978 to 1980. He was in private practice in New Jersey from 1980 to 2000. He was a judge on the Essex County Superior Court New Jersey from 2000 to 2002. On August 1 2002 Linares was nominated by President George W.