Michael Melloy
2013 - Present
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Michael Joseph Melloy is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. He joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. At the time of his appointment, he was a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa after an appointment from George H.W. Bush in 1992. Melloy assumed senior status on February 1, 2013.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Melloy graduated from Loras College with his B.A. in 1970. Melloy obtained his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1974.[2]
Military career
Melloy served in the United States Army on active duty from 1970 to 1972 and as a reservist from 1972 to 1976.[2]
Professional career
- 1974-1986: Private practice, Dubuque, Iowa[2]
Judicial career
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Michael J. Melloy |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 216 days after nomination. |
| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
Melloy was first nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit by President George W. Bush on July 10, 2001, to a seat vacated by George Fagg as Fagg assumed senior status. Under Rule XXXI, paragraph six of the standing rules of the Senate, Melloy's nomination was returned to the president on August 3, 2001.[3] President Bush resubmitted the nomination on September 4, 2001. The American Bar Association rated Melloy Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[4] Hearings on Melloy's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on January 24, 2002, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on February 7, 2002. Melloy was confirmed on a recorded 91-0 vote of the U.S. Senate on February 11, 2002, and he received his commission on February 14, 2002. Melloy assumed senior status on the court on February 1, 2013.[2][5] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Jane Kelly.
Northern District of Iowa
Melloy was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa by President George H.W. Bush on April 9, 1992, to a seat vacated by David R. Hansen. The American Bar Association rated Melloy Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[6] Hearings on Melloy's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on August 4, 1992, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on August 12, 1992. Melloy was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the United States Senate on August 12, 1992, and he received his commission on August 17, 1992. Melloy served as chief judge of the district court from 1992 to 1999. He resigned from the district court on February 26, 2002, upon his elevation to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.[2][7] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Linda Reade.
Bankruptcy judge
Melloy was a judge on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa from 1986 to 1992.[2]
Noteworthy cases
Eighth Circuit affirms police immunity following Taser death (2014)
In June 2014, the Eighth Circuit ruled that Minneapolis police officers were entitled to qualified immunity after a suspect's death in a Taser incident during an arrest. Chief Judge William Riley, writing for a three-judge panel of the court that included Judges Melloy and Jane Kelly, affirmed the trial court's ruling, noting that the police force used was reasonable under the circumstances.
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Lee County School District racial discrimination case (2012)
On February 29, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit partially overturned a ruling of the Eastern District of Arkansas, finding the Lee County School District guilty of violating federal discrimination law. Sharon Sanders, a former school finance coordinator, took the district to court following her demotion and subsequent recommendation for dismissal alleging race discrimination. According to court records, Sanders and another administrator were demoted following an election which resulted in the school board's membership becoming majority African-American.[8]
In the original suit, Sanders was awarded compensatory damages, lost wages, punitive damages, and attorney's fees by a jury. On appeal, a judge of the Eastern District of Arkansas revoked the lost wages and severely cut her award for attorney's fees. The ruling by the Eighth Circuit ordered new proceedings to determine fees for Sanders' attorney and punitive damages, but fundamentally agreed that she had been discriminated against on the basis of race.[8]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Michael Joseph Melloy," accessed January 30, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed July 28, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 610 - Michael J. Melloy - The Judiciary," accessed July 28, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 107th Congress," accessed July 28, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 881 - Michael J. Melloy - The Judiciary," accessed July 28, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 102nd Congress," accessed July 28, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1054 — Michael J. Melloy — The Judiciary," accessed July 28, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Arkansas News, "Court: Race behind white school employees' forced resignation," February 28, 2012 (dead link)
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: David R. Hansen |
Northern District of Iowa 1992–2002 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Linda Reade |
| Preceded by: George Fagg |
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 2002–2013 |
Succeeded by: Jane Kelly
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| Active judges | |||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Kelly K.E. Mahoney • Mark Roberts (Iowa) • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Edward McManus • Donald O'Brien (Iowa) • Mark Bennett (Iowa) • David R. Hansen • Michael Melloy • Oliver Perry Shiras • Henry Thomas Reed • George Cromwell Scott • Henry Graven • William Hanson (federal judge) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Linda Reade • Edward McManus • Donald O'Brien (Iowa) • Mark Bennett (Iowa) • Michael Melloy • Henry Graven • Leonard T. Strand • | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gregory • 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 • Moses • 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 | ||
