[1] In May 2019, he resigned as Chief Judge to return to private practice at McCarter & English.
[2] Born in Havana, Cuba, Linares received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Jersey City State College in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1978.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 14, 2002, and received his commission on December 3, 2002.
In February 2016, Mercedes-Benz was sued by private plaintiffs alleging its BlueTec engines violate standards in a manner similar to the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
[3] On December 6, 2016, Judge Linares threw out the lawsuit, finding that the plaintiffs had no standing.