Danny Boggs
2017 - Present
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Danny Julian Boggs is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. He joined the court in 1986 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Boggs served as the chief judge of the court from 2003 to 2009. He elected to take senior status beginning on February 28, 2017.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Havana, Cuba, Boggs graduated from Harvard College with his bachelor's degree in 1965 and from the University of Chicago Law School with his J.D. in 1968.[1]
Professional career
- 1986-present: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- 1983-1986: Deputy secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
- 1981-1983: Special assistant to the President, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C.
- 1979-1981: Private practice, Washington, D.C.
- 1979: Deputy campaign director, Nunn for Governor, Louisville, Ky.
- 1977-1979: Deputy minority counsel, United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- 1975-1977: Assistant to the chairman, Federal Power Commission, Washington, D.C.
- 1975: Private practice, Bowling Green, Ky.
- 1973-1975: Assistant to the U.S. solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
- 1973: Attorney, U.S. Department of Commerce
- 1973: Private practice, Frankfort, Ky.
- 1972: Attorney, Kentucky Republican Campaign
- 1972: Legislative counsel/assistant to minority leader, Kentucky State House of Representatives
- 1970-1971: Legal counsel and administrative assistant to Gov. Louie Nunn (R)
- 1969-1970: Deputy commissioner, Kentucky Department for Economic Security
- 1968-1969: Instructor, University of Chicago School of Law[1]
Judicial career
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Danny J. Boggs |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 84 days after nomination. |
| Questionnaire: |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
Boggs was first nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on December 9, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. Boggs' nomination failed under Rule XXXI at the sine die adjournment of the Senate and his nomination was returned to the president on January 2, 1986. President Reagan resubmitted the nomination on January 29, 1986. Hearings on Boggs' nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 5, 1986, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on February 27, 1986. Boggs was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on March 3, 1986, and he received his commission on March 25, 1986. Boggs served as chief judge of the Sixth Circuit from 2003 to 2009. he elected to take senior status beginning on February 28, 2017.[1][2][3] He was succeeded in this position by Judge John K. Bush.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 784 — Danny J. Boggs — The Judiciary," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 876-1 — Danny J. Boggs — The Judiciary," accessed November 23, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - New Seat 98 Stat. 333 |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1986–2017 |
Succeeded by: John K. Bush
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
