American judge (born 1961)
Terry Fitzgerald Moorer (born January 20, 1961) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama . He was formerly a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama .
Biography
Moorer earned his Associate of Arts from the Marion Military Institute , his Bachelor of Arts from Huntingdon College , and his Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law .
Before assuming his judgeship, Judge Moorer served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama , as a Command Judge Advocate in Camp Arifjan , Kuwait , and as an attorney in the Office of Staff Judge Advocate at Fort Rucker .[ 1] As a colonel in the Alabama National Guard , Moorer was the primary architect of the Alabama Code of Military Justice.[ 2]
Federal judicial service
Moorer served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama , a position he assumed on January 3, 2007, and left on September 4, 2018, when he became a district judge.[ 1] [ 3]
On May 8, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Moorer to an unspecified seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama .[ 4]
On September 7, 2017, President Trump nominated Moorer to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama , to the seat vacated by Judge William H. Steele , who assumed senior status on June 8, 2017.[ 5] On November 1, 2017, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee .[ 6] On December 7, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote .[ 7]
On January 3, 2018, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate .[ 8] On January 5, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Moorer to a federal judgeship.[ 9] On January 8, 2018, his renomination was sent to the Senate .[ 10] On January 18, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–4 vote.[ 11] On August 28, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by voice vote .[ 12] He received his judicial commission on September 4, 2018.[ 13]
Moorer was one of three judges that ruled Alabama's proposed redistricting maps unconstitutional under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The three judge panel's ruling was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Allen v. Milligan .[ 14]
See also
References
^ a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations" . May 8, 2017. Archived from the original on May 9, 2017.
^ "Donald Trump Eyes Two Conservative Alabama Judges to Fill Federal Court Vacancies" . May 8, 2017.
^ "Honorable Terry Fitzgerald Moorer" . United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama . Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations" White House, May 8, 2017
^ "Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", White House, September 7, 2017
^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for November 1, 2017
^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 7, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee
^ "Congressional Record", United States Senate, January 3, 2018
^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Renomination of 21 Judicial Nominees", White House, January 5, 2018
^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, January 8, 2018
^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee
^ "PN1418 — Terry Fitzgerald Moorer — The Judiciary" . United States Senate . January 8, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018 .
^ Terry F. Moorer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
^ "Singleton v. Merrill & Milligan v. Merrill" (PDF) . January 24, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023 .
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