Thomas Thrash
| Thomas Thrash | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #8 |
| Station: | Atlanta, GA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 8/1/1997 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Robert Vining |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1951 |
| Home State: | Birmingham, AL |
| Bachelors: | U. of Virginia, B.A., 1973 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law, J.D., 1976 |
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Early life and education
Born in Birmingham, AL in 1951, Thrash graduated from Virginia with his Bachelor's degree in 1973 and later from Harvard Law School with his Juris Doctor, J.D. degree in 1976.[1]
Professional career
From 1976 to 1977 and again from 1981 to 1997, Thrash practiced law as an attorney in the State of Georgia. Thrash served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney's Office from 1977 to 1981. Thrash began teaching law as a Professor in 1986 at the Georgia State University, where he taught until 1997. [1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Georgia
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Max Cleland, Thrash was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia by President Bill Clinton on January 7, 1997 to a seat vacated by Robert Vining. Thrash was confirmed by the Senate on July 31, 1997 on a majority voice vote and received commission on August 1, 1997. [2]
Notable cases
A notable case on this page needs to be updated.
Georgia immigration law
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia *GEORGIA LATINO ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, et al. v. Nathan Deal, et al. No. 1:11-CV-1804-TWT |
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| On June 27, 2011, Thrash issued an injunction preventing portions of a Georgia immigration law called overly restrictive by opponents from going into effect as scheduled. In response to a suit brought against the law by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups, Thrash struck the provisions prohibiting the knowing transport or shelter of illegal aliens and allowing law enforcement to investigate the immigration status of criminal suspects without ID. Though he stated that "the apparent legislative intent [of the law] is to create such a climate of hostility, fear, mistrust and insecurity that all illegal aliens will leave Georgia," he allowed a number of the law's provisions to enter into effect, including criminal penalties for using fake ID to obtain employment.[3] Thrash's injunction will remain in effect pending promised appeals from Governor Nathan Deal and Attorney General Sam Olens. |
See also
External links
- Judge Thrash Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Excerpts from judge's ruling on Georgia's immigration bill," June 27, 2011
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Vining |
Northern District of Georgia 1997–Current Seat #8 |
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 | ||
