Doris Pryor
Doris Pryor | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
| Assumed office December 9, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | David Hamilton |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | |
| In office March 1, 2018 – December 9, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Denise K. LaRue |
| Succeeded by | M. Kendra Klump |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Doris Lenea Clark[1] 1977 (age 46–47) Hope, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Education | University of Central Arkansas (BS) Indiana University (JD) |
Doris Lenea Pryor (born 1977)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 2022. She served as a United States magistrate judge for the Southern District of Indiana from 2018 to 2022.
Education
Pryor was born in
Federal Communications Law Journal and won the top oralist award at the school's moot court competition. She graduated in 2003 with a Juris Doctor.[3]
Career
After graduating law school, Pryor served as a
Public Defender for the Arkansas Public Defender's Commission. From 2006 to 2018, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana. She served as National Security Chief for the office from 2014 to 2018.[3] Pryor co-founded the REACH program,[4] a re-entry program that guides and supports former offenders who are at greater risk of returning to prison, in the Southern Indiana District Court.[5]
Federal judicial service
On November 17, 2017, Pryor was selected to serve as a United States magistrate judge to fill the vacancy left by the death of Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue.[2] She served as United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana from March 1, 2018 to December 9, 2022.[3][6]
On May 25, 2022, President
African American woman confirmed as a U.S. circuit judge nominated by President Biden.[15]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "AUSA Doris Pryor selected as United States Magistrate Judge" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Justice. December 19, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d "President Biden Names Eighteenth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "'Beautiful help' allows federal ex-offenders to remake lives". September 19, 2017.
- ^ "Magistrate Judge Pryor tapped for 7th Circuit". May 25, 2022.
- ^ "Judicial Milestones". March 1, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Young Statement on Nomination of Judge Doris L. Pryor to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: Newsroom of Senator Todd Young. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. July 12, 2022.
- ^ Wagner, Rose (July 13, 2022). "Republicans finally offer blue slip for Biden court nominee". Courthouse News Service.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – August 4, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- ^ "PN2192 — Doris L. Pryor — The Judiciary". Congress.gov. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Doris L. Pryor, of Indiana, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit)". United States Senate. December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Doris L. Pryor, of Indiana, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit)". United States Senate. December 5, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ a b Raymond, Nate (December 6, 2022). "U.S. Senate confirms first Black federal appellate judge from Indiana". Reuters.
- ^ Doris Pryor at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
- Doris Pryor at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Doris Pryor at Ballotpedia