Joseph Hatchett
| Joseph Hatchett | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Jimmy Carter |
| Active: | 10/1/1981 - 5/14/1999 |
| Chief: | 1996-1999 |
| Past post: | Fifth Circuit |
| Past term: | 1979-1981 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1932 |
| Bachelors: | Florida A&M U> '54 |
| Law School: | Howard U. Law '59 |
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Joseph Woodrow Hatchett (b. 1932) was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Education
- Florida A&M University, B.A., 1954
- Howard University School of Law, J.D., 1959 [1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Lieutenant, 1954-1956
- U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, JAG Corps, 1977-1988
- Private practice, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1959-1966
- Cooperating attorney, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 1960-1966
- Consultant, Daytona Beach Urban Renewal Department, 1963-1966
- Assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida, 1966
- First assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida, 1967-1971
- Special hearing office for conscientious objectors, U.S. Department of Justice, 1967-1968
- Justice, Florida Supreme Court, 1975-1979 [1]
Federal judicial career
Middle District of Florida
Hatchett served as a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida from 1971-1975. [1]
Fifth Circuit
Hatchett was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by Jimmy Carter on May 17, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 12, 1979, and received his commission on July 13, 1979. He left the court on October 1, 1981, due to assignment to the Eleventh Circuit. [1]
Eleventh Circuit
Judge Hatchett was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981. He served as the court's chief judge from 1996 to 1999. Hatchett retired from the court on May 14, 1999. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Hatchett Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by: NA |
| Preceded by: NA - reassigned |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1981–1999 |
Succeeded by: Charles Wilson |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Joel Dubina • Adalberto Jordan • Stanley Marcus • Beverly Martin • Gerald Tjoflat • Frank Hull • Charles Wilson • Rosemary Barkett • William Pryor • Edward Carnes | ||
| Senior judges |
Peter Fay • Robert Lanier Anderson • Phyllis Kravitch • James L. Edmondson • Emmett Cox • Susan Black • James Hill • | ||
| Former judges | John Godbold • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • Stanley Birch • Warren Leroy Jones • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • James L. Edmondson • Paul Roney • | ||
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
- Former federal judge, Eleventh Circuit
- Former chief judge, Eleventh Circuit
- Former federal judge, Fifth Circuit
- Former magistrate judge, Middle District of Florida
- Former Florida supreme court judges
- Former federal judge
- Appointed by Jimmy Carter
- Confirmed 1979
- Florida A and M U. Alumni
- Howard U. Law Alumni
- Army veteran
- Marine veteran
