Robert Blackburn

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1 Early life and education
2 Legal career
3 Federal judicial career
4 References

Robert Blackburn is an Article III federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. He joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Early life and education

A native of Colorado, Blackburn graduated from Western State College with his Bachelor's Degree in 1972. He graduated from the University of Colorado Law School with his Juris Doctorate in 1974.

Legal career

Blackburn started his legal career in 1975 as a law clerk in a Colorado private practice firm. Later that same year, Blackburn became a full-time private practice attorney with the same firm. In 1980, Blackburn became a part-time Deputy District Attorney for Colorado's 16th Judicial District (serving in this position until 1986) and a County Attorney for Bent County (serving in this position until 1988). In 1985, Blackburn became a part-time municipal judge for the town of Kim, Colorado. In 1988, Blackburn was appointed a Circuit Court Judge in the Sixteenth Judicial District of Colorado.

He served as a Circuit Court Judget until his nomination to the federal bench in 2001^[1].

Federal judicial career

Blackburn was nominated by President George W. Bush on September 10, 2001 to a seat vacated by Zita Weinshienk As Weinshienk went on senior status. Blackburn was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 26, 2002 on a unopposed 98-0-2 Senate vote and received commission on March 6, 2002^[2].

References

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Active judges	Daniel • Blackburn • Krieger • Vacancy • Vacancy
Senior judges	Babcock • Kane • Matsch • Miller • Weinshienk
Magistrate judges	Watanabe • Boland • Shaffer • Hegarty • Milburn • Mix • Tafoya • West
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	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