Henry S. Dogin Explained

Henry S. Dogin
Birth Date:December 26, 1934
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Branch:
Spouse:Cynthia Dogin
Office1:Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
Order1:Acting
Termstart1:May 30, 1975
Termend1:January 23, 1975
Office2:Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Termstart2:1978
Termend2:1980
Office:Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the United States Organized Crime Strike Force
Term Start:1973
Term End:1975
Predecessor1:John R. Bartels Jr.
Successor1:Peter B. Bensinger
Appointer2:President Jimmy Carter
Appointer1:President Gerald R. Ford

Henry Stanley Dogin is an American lawyer and law enforcement administrator, and has been involved in many organizations in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal government of the United States.

Early life

In 1956, Dogin graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree.[1] In 1961, he obtained an LL. B. from the Columbia School of Law.

Dogin served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1958.

Career in the federal government

From 1961 to 1967, Dogin was Assistant District Attorney for New York County.

From 1967 to 1971, he was assistant counsel to the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.

From 1971 to 1973, he served as Deputy Regional Administrator of the New York Regional Office of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA).

From 1973 to 1975, Dogin was Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. While in this position, Dogin oversaw the United States Organized Crime Strike Force.[2]

On May 30, 1975, Dogin was appointed Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), where he worked in a transitionary period for the DEA.[3] The first Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, John R. Bartels Jr., had resigned amid scandal after being forced out of the administration by Attorney General Edward H. Levi.[4] [5] Dogin remained at DEA for only 6 months, leaving the agency on January 23, 1975. Peter B. Bensinger became the 2nd Administrator of the DEA shortly afterward.

From 1976 to 1978, he was deputy commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS).[6]

From 1978 to 1979, he was Deputy Administrator of LEAA for Policy Development and served as Acting Administrator. In 1979, Dogin was confirmed by the Senate as Administrator of the LEAA. While serving in this position, LEAA published a document addressing police brutality in the United States. Dogin wrote:

"LEAA will continue to assist police administrators, lawmakers, and city administrators as they strive to formulate clear direction and guidance to our Nation's law enforcement officers charged with the awesome responsibility of determining the need and degree of force and ultimately the use of deadly force in violent situations. Intensive and continuous training, appropriate guidelines, practices and controls must be addressed in order to reduce and restrict the use of force and deadly force by police without risking and jeopardizing their lives."[7]

In 1980, LEAA was merged into the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics (JARS). On February 8, 1980, President Jimmy Carter nominated Henry S. Dogin as Director of JARS.

Dogin was in the 1990s and 2000s an immigration judge in the Newark Immigration Office of the United States Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

References

  1. Web site: Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics Nomination of Henry S. Dogin To Be Director. The American Presidency Project . 2024-08-28 . www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
  2. Web site: 2010-01-01 . 1975-1980 by DEA Museum - Issuu . 2024-08-28 . issuu.com . en.
  3. News: 1975-05-31 . New Head of U.S. Drug Agency Named . 2024-08-28 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  4. News: May 31, 1975 . Levi Fires Drug Chief . The Napa Valley Register . 4.
  5. News: May 31, 1975 . Acting DEA Chief Named . Springfield Leader and Press . 9.
  6. News: 1975-11-22 . Notes on People . 2024-08-28 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  7. Web site: A Community Concern: Police Use of Deadly Force . National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice . 3.
  8. Web site: Judge-by-Judge Asylum Decisions in Immigration Courts Before and After the Attorney General's Directive . 2024-08-28 . trac.syr.edu.
  9. Web site: Reporter . Staff . 2011-02-16 . Immigration court ruling goes McAllister's way . 2024-08-28 . Irish Echo.
  10. Web site: Barrios v. Attorney General of the U.S., 418 F. App'x 86 Casetext Search + Citator . 2024-08-28 . casetext.com.
  11. Web site: Napoleon v. Att'y Gen. U.S., 231 F. App'x 106 Casetext Search + Citator . 2024-08-28 . casetext.com.
  12. Web site: November 17, 1997 . Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 221 . 186.
  13. News: Barry . Dan . 2001-01-23 . Haunted by an Earlier Life; A Deportation Order Is Also a Separation Order . 2024-08-28 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.