Clarence Cooper (judge)
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Clarence Cooper | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | |
| Assumed office February 9, 2009 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | |
| In office May 9, 1994 – February 9, 2009 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Richard Cameron Freeman |
| Succeeded by | Mark Howard Cohen |
| Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals[1] | |
| In office 1990–1994 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Frank Harris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 5, 1942 Staff Sergeant |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Clarence Cooper (born May 5, 1942) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Early life and education
Cooper was born in
Career
He served in the
State judicial service
He worked as an attorney for the Atlanta Legal Aid Society in 1967. He served as an assistant district attorney of
Federal judicial service
Cooper was nominated by President Bill Clinton to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on March 9, 1994, to a seat vacated by Richard Cameron Freeman. Cooper was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 6, 1994, and received commission on May 9, 1994, and he assumed senior status on February 9, 2009.
Cases
Cooper ordered an Atlanta school system to remove stickers from textbooks which call the
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Cooper was assigned to the case of Whitaker v. Perdue, a federal challenge to Georgia House Bill 1059 which requires that registered sexual offenders cannot live or work within 1,000 feet from schools, school bus stops, churches, day care centers, and areas where children gather, such as parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, swimming pools, etc. In July 2006, Judge Cooper issued a restraining order barring enforcement of the law near the vicinity of bus stops. In August, he certified a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all of Georgia's 11,000 registered sex offenders instead of just the eight plaintiffs. On March 30, 2007, the judge dismissed some of the plaintiff's claims from the suit, including the claim that the law represented cruel and unusual punishment; the rest of the case will go forward. Plaintiff's lawyers had until June 1, 2007, to file a new, revised complaint.[citation needed]
Personal life
Cooper's wife, Shirley Cooper, was the first black food service coordinator for Fulton County School System. Cooper has two children.[citation needed]
Namesake awards
- Judge Clarence Cooper Judicial Section Award (this award is given to jurists for outstanding service to the judiciary and the community).[clarification needed][citation needed]
- Judge Clarence Cooper Legacy Award[clarification needed][citation needed]
Awards and honors
- 2003 Hall of Fame[which?][citation needed]
- 2010 Trumpet Award Honoree IMDB[better source needed]
- 2011 Emory History Makers [1][citation needed]
- 2022 Emory Medal
See also
- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
References
- ^ "Court of Appeals of Georgia". Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ a b c Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session on confirmations of appointees to the federal judiciary. pt. 3 (1995)
- ^ "Judge nixes evolution textbook stickers". MSNBC. 2005-01-13. Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
External links
- Clarence Cooper at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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