U.S. District Judge James Moody Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

9/27/2022

U.S. District Judge James Moody Jr.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

c/o Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Courthouse 

500 West Capitol Avenue

Little Rock, AR  72201

Dear U.S. District Judge Moody Jr.,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history, social justice, and criminal justice reform. In these subjects, I like to learn the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination and have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime. U.S. District Judge Moody Jr., the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as Circuit Judge for the 3rd Division of the 6th Judicial District of Arkansas and as current U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas to be very inspiring to me. 

When you served as Circuit Judge for the 3rd Division of the 6th Judicial District of Arkansas from 2003-2014, I liked on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities rights and pushing for strict sentencing for people who commit hate crimes. Supporting drug treatment programs to help drug users get the care they need to reduce drug abuse, expanding court resources to help victims of crime or victims of domestic violence get help on dealing with their trauma, and expressing along with supporting the need for funds for better improvements in DNA testing including forensic science to help solve evidence along with cases efficiently top help reduce sending an innocent person to jail is common sense for criminal justice reform. In July 2013, I liked on how you accepted President Obama to nominate you to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas to help him improve the judicial system. In your current role as U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas I like on how you are a continuous strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights and pushing for criminal justice reform. Another thing that I like  about your work in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas is how you are a strong supporter of protecting civil liberties like protecting the 4th amendment to help protect people from unreasonable searches and strongly advocate for ethics reform to help reduce corruption including judicial misconduct in the court system.

U.S. District Judge Moody Jr., I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts in different settings, and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Your role as former Circuit Judge for the 3rd Division of the 6th Judicial District of Arkansas and as current U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas helps give me motivation to continue to learn history, social justice, and criminal justice reform. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others. 

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference in the judicial system. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights and push along with advocate for criminal justice reform. You truly inspire me to work hard on my disability, learn more about your work, and continue to learn different subjects. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference,  and inspiring me. Please continue to advocate and push for common sense ideas to improve the judicial system.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick