Charles Pickering
| Charles Pickering | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #3 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 1/16/2004 - 12/8/2004 |
| Preceded by: | Henry Politz |
| Succeeded by: | Keith Starrett |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1937 |
| Bachelors: | Jones County Junior College (1957), University of Mississippi (1959) |
| Law School: | University of Mississippi Law School (1961) |
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Charles Willis Pickering, Sr. (b. 1937) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 7, 2003, to a seat vacated by Henry Politz. Pickering received a recess appointment from Bush on January 16, 2004. His service terminated on December 8, 2004, due to retirement.[1]
Early life and education
- Jones County Junior College, A.A., 1957
- University of Mississippi, B.A., 1959
- University of Mississippi Law School, LL.B., 1961[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Laurel, Mississippi, 1961-1990
- City prosecuting attorney, Laurel, Mississippi, 1962-1964
- County prosecuting attorney, Jones County, Mississippi, 1964-1968
- Municipal judge, Laurel, Mississippi, 1969
- Member, Mississippi State Senate, 1972-1980[1]
Judicial career
Southern district of Mississippi
Pickering was a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on May 11, 1990, to a seat vacated by Walter Nixon. Pickering was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 28, 1990, and received commission on October 1, 1990. Service terminated on January 16, 2004, due to appointment to another judicial position. [1] Pickering was succeeded in this position by Keith Starrett.
External links
- City Journal, "Charles Pickering Gets the Last Word", June 10, 2007
- CNN.com, "Pickering appointment angers Democrats", January 17, 2004
- 60 Minutes, "Judge Pickering Denies Racism", March 28, 2004
- Judging the Environment: Charles W. Pickering, Sr. profile
- Judge Pickering's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Pickering's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Walter Nixon |
Southern District of Mississippi 1990–2004 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Keith Starrett |
| Preceded by: Henry Politz |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 2004–2004 |
Succeeded by: Leslie Southwick |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Louis Guirola • Henry Wingate • Keith Starrett • Daniel Jordan • Halil Ozerden • Carlton W. Reeves | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Linda Anderson • Michael Parker • Robert Walker • John Roper • Keith Ball • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
George Adams • Samuel Jameson Gholson • Robert Andrews Hill • Charles Pickering • Henry Clay Niles • Edwin Ruthven Holmes • Dan Russell • Sidney Mize • James Summer • William Cox • Walter Nixon • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Henry Wingate • William Barbour • Tom Lee • Dan Russell • Sidney Mize • William Cox • Walter Nixon • | ||
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
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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 | ||
