Richard Cebull

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Richard F. Cebull is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Cebull is the Chief Judge of the Court. He joined the court in 2001 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Early life and education

A Montana native, Cebull graduated from Montana State University with his Bachelor's Degree in 1966 and later graduated from the University of Montana Law School with his Juris Doctor Degree in 1969.

Legal career

Cebull became a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Montana from 1969 to 1997 and also served as a part-time Trial Judge in the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court from 1970 to 1972.

Federal judicial career

Cebull started his career as a federal magistrate judge for the District of Montana in 1998 as the judge was appointed to a full eight year term. Judge Cebull served on the bench for three years until his nomination to an Article III judgeship in 2001.

On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Conrad Burns, Cebull was nominated by President George W. Bush on May 17, 2001 to a seat vacated by Jack Shanstrom as Shanstrom assumed senior status. Cebull was confirmed by the Senate on July 20, 2001 on a unopposed 93-0-7 vote and received commission on July 25, 2001. ^[1]. Cebull has served as the chief judge since 2008.

Notable rulings

USA v. Travis Henry

Judge Cebull presided in the drug case of former Denver Bronco running back Travis Henry. Henry and co-defendant James Mack of Bow Mar, CO were arrested in October of 2008 after authorities in Montana found six pounds of marijuana and about 6.6 pounds of cocaine that the pair allegedly had supplied. ^[2]

The United States Attorney for the District of Montana said in its complaint that Henry trafficked cocaine between Colorado and Montana,and one of his associates had delivered six pounds of cocaine to Billings, MT on previous occasions. ^[2]

On April 15, 2009, Henry agreed with the Montana U.S. Attorney's Office to a plea agreement. The plea deal allowed the former NFL player to plead guilty to a single cocaine conspiracy charge in exchange for two other charges being dropped. ^[2]

On July 16, 2009, Judge Cebull sentenced Travis Henry to three years in federal prison. Cebull also ordered him to undergo drug rehabilitation and ordered five years probation. If Henry completes his rehabilitation successfully, Judge Cebull will reduce his sentence by one year. ^[3]

External links

• Judge Cebull's Page at the Federal Judicial Center

References

	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the District of Montana
Active judges	Cebull • Haddon • Molloy
Senior judges	Lovell • Shanstrom
Magistrate judges	Strong • Ostby • Lynch
Former judges	Baldwin • Battin • Bourquin • Brown • Hatfield • Hunt • Jameson • Knowles • Murray • Pray • Rasch • Smith

	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by George W. Bush
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