Bruce Howe Hendricks

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Bruce Howe Hendricks
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Assumed office
June 5, 2014
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byMargaret B. Seymour
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office
2002 – June 5, 2014
Personal details
Pronunciation
University of South Carolina (JD
)

Bruce McCaw Howe Hendricks /brsi/ (born 1957) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and former United States magistrate judge of the same court.

Biography

Hendricks was born Bruce McCaw Howe in 1957 in

University of South Carolina School of Law. From 1991 to 2002, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Charleston, South Carolina, where she prosecuted a wide array of criminal cases before both the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. From 2002 to 2014, she served as a United States magistrate judge, in Greenville from 2002 to 2010 and in Charleston from 2010 to 2014. As part of her duties, she presided over the first drug court program in the District of South Carolina.[4][5]

Federal judicial service

On June 26, 2013, President

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on the nomination. On June 3, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 59–35 vote.[7] On June 4, 2014, her nomination was confirmed by a 95–0 vote.[8] She received her judicial commission on June 5, 2014.[5]

References

  1. ^ "'My whole life I wanted to be just like my father'". 3 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  3. ^ http://www.charlestoncountybar.org/Archived-Newsletters/Charleston-Bar-Newsletter-15-Fall-2011.pdf[permanent dead link]
  4. ^
    National Archives
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  5. ^ a b Bruce Howe Hendricks at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  6. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting - March 6, 2014" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. United States Senate. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Bruce Hendricks, of South Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  8. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Bruce Howe Hendricks to be U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina)". United States Senate. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
2014–present
Incumbent