Alice Batchelder
| Alice Batchelder | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| Title: | Chief Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 12/2/1991 - Present |
| Chief: | 2009 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Pierce Lively |
| Succeeded by: | Solomon Oliver |
| Past post: | Northern District of Ohio |
| Past term: | 1985-1991 |
| Past position: | Seat #11 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1944 |
| Home State: | Wilmington, DE |
| Bachelors: | Ohio Wesleyan U. '64 |
| Law School: | Akron U. Law '71 |
| Grad. School: | U. of Virginia Law '88 |
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Alice Moore Batchelder (b. 1944) is the chief judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She joined the court in 1991 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush.
Early life and education
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Batchelder graduated from Ohio Wesleyan with her Bachelor's Degree in 1964 and later graduated from Akron Law with her Juris Doctor degree in 1971 and the Virgina Law with her Master of Laws Degree in 1988.[1]
Professional career
From 1971 to 1983, Batchelder was a private practice attorney Medina, Ohio. [1]
Judicial career
Bankruptcy Judge
Batchelder began her career with the Northern District of Ohio Bankruptcy Court as a Federal Bankruptcy Judge. Batchelder was nominated by the Sixth Circuit Federal Judicial Conference to a 14 year term as a Federal Bankruptcy judge in 1983. [1]
Northern District of Ohio
Batchelder was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by Ronald Reagan on February 28, 1985 to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333, which was approved by Congress. Batchhelder was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 3, 1985 on a Senate vote and received commission on April 4, 1985. Batchelder left the Northern District of Ohio on January 4, 1992 due to her appointment to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. [1] Batchelder was succeeded in this position by Solomon Oliver.
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Batchelder was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by President George Bush on June 12, 1991, to a seat vacated by Pierce Lively. Batchelder was confirmed by the Senate on November 27, 1991 with unanimous consent of the Senate and received her commission on December 2, 1991.[2] She became chief judge of the court in 2009. [1]
Notable cases
Ohio Republican Party v. Brunner
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit *Ohio Republican Party; Larry Wolpert v. Jennifer Brunner, Secretary of State of Ohio US No. 08-4322 |
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| Batchelder came under criticism from fellow judge Boyce Martin in October 2008 because she did not recuse herself in the case, Ohio Republican Party v. Brunner. Martin's opinion was thought by some to be motivated by a grudge because no party in the case sought Batchelder's recusal and no member of the court suggested such before issuance of the public opinion. Judge Batchelder had previously found merit in misconduct complaints against Judge Martin for mishandling two high-profile cases during his tenure as Chief Judge of the Circuit.[3] |
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Northern District of Ohio 1985–1992 Seat #11 |
Succeeded by: Solomon Oliver |
| Preceded by: Pierce Lively |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1991–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Solomon Oliver • John R. Adams • Christopher Boyko • James Gwin • Sara Lioi • Donald Nugent • Dan Polster • Jack Zouhary • Patricia Gaughan • Benita Pearson • Jeffrey J. Helmick | ||
| Senior judges |
James Carr • David Dowd • David Katz • Lesley Wells • Peter Economus • John Potter • George White • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Vernelis Armstrong • William Baughman • George Limbert • Kenneth McHargh • David Perelman • Nancy Vecchiarelli • Greg White • James Knepp • Kathleen B. Burke • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Ann Aldrich • Sam Bell • Kathleen M. O'Malley • Alice Batchelder • Robert Krupansky • Leroy Contie • Hiram V. Willson • Charles Taylor Sherman • Martin Welker • Augustus Ricks • Francis Joseph Wing • Robert Walker Tayler • William Louis Day • John Milton Killits • John Hessin Clarke • David Westenhaver • Paul Jones • George Philip Hahn • Frank Kloeb • Frank Battisti • James Connell • Emerich Freed • Ben Green • Girard Kalbfleisch • Alvin Krenzler • Thomas Lambros • John Manos • Paul Matia • Charles McNamee • Richard McQuade • William K. Thomas • Nicholas Walinski • Samuel West • Robert Wilkin • Don Young • Paul Weick • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
James Carr • Paul Jones • Frank Kloeb • George White • Frank Battisti • James Connell • Girard Kalbfleisch • Thomas Lambros • Paul Matia • Charles McNamee • | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
- Northern District of Ohio, Seat 11
- Former federal bankruptcy court judge, Northern District of Ohio
- Former federal judge, Northern District of Ohio
- Federal judge, Sixth Circuit
- U. of Akron Law Alumni
- Appointed by Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed 1985
- Appointed by George H.W. Bush
- Confirmed 1991
- Chief judge
- Current federal judge
- Ohio Wesleyan U. Alumni
