Catherine Perry
| Catherine Perry | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | |
| Title: | Chief Judge |
| Position: | Seat #2 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 10/7/1994 - Present |
| Chief: | 2009 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Clyde Cahill |
| Past post: | Magistrate Judge |
| Past term: | 1990 - 1994 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1952 |
| Home State: | Hobart, OK |
| Bachelors: | U. of Oklahoma, B.A., 1977 |
| Law School: | Washington U. School of Law, J.D., 1980 |
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Catherine D. Perry is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
Born in Hobart, Oklahoma, Perry graduated from the University of Oklahoma with her Bachelor's Degree in 1977 and later from Washington University St. Louis School of Law with her Juris Doctor degree in 1980. [1]
Professional career
Perry was a private practice attorney in Missouri from 1980 to 1990, and served as a Adjunct Professor of Law at the Washington University St. Louis School of Law from 1981 to 1984, and again from 1991 to 1994. [1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Missouri
From 1990 to 1994, Perry served as a Federal Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.[1]
On the recommendation of Congressmen William Clay, Sr. and Dick Gephardt, Perry was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by President Bill Clinton on July 15, 1994, to a seat vacated by Clyde Cahill. Perry was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 6, 1994, on a Senate vote and received commission on October 7, 1994.[2]
Notable cases
Bogus jailhouse lawyer
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri *USA v. Tedrick 4:09-cr-00476-CDP |
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| Judge Perry was the presiding judge in the trial of Jeffrey Tedrick. Tedick was sentenced by Judge Perry to four years in prison on February 16, 2010 for his role in defrauding people by acting as a jailhouse lawyer. The judge's sentence was double over federal sentencing guidelines which called for a 21 to 27 month sentence.[3] |
Congressional oath of office
On January 24, 2013, Perry administered the oath of office to Representative William Lacy Clay at the beginning of his new term. [4]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Catherine Perry Federal Judicial Center Bio
- ↑ THOMAS "Catherine Perry USDC, EDMO confirmation:PN1573-103"
- ↑ Courthouse News Service "Bogus Jailhouse Lawyer Sent to Prison", February 16, 2010
- ↑ United States Courts, Press Release: "Federal Judges Help Swear In Members of Congress," March 1, 2013
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Clyde Cahill |
Eastern District of Missouri 1994–Current Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
