Jill A. Pryor
Jill A. Pryor | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
Assumed office September 9, 2014 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Stanley F. Birch Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | March 24, 1963
Education | College of William & Mary (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Jill Anne Pryor (born March 24, 1963)
Education
Pryor received her
Pryor was a law clerk for Judge James Larry Edmondson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from 1988 to 1989.[2]
Career
Pryor joined the firm of Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP in
Federal judicial service
On February 16, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Pryor to be a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to replace Judge Stanley F. Birch Jr., who retired in 2010.[2] Both of Georgia's senators refused to return the "blue slips" on her nomination, effectively blocking the nomination. On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President because of the sine die adjournment of the Senate.
On January 3, 2013, she was renominated to the same judgeship.[3] She received a hearing before the full panel of the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 13, 2014.[4] On June 19, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[5]
On July 30, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid motioned to invoke cloture on Pryor's nomination. On July 31, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on Pryor's nomination by a 58–33 vote.[6] On September 8, 2014, her nomination was confirmed by a 97–0 vote.[7] She received her judicial commission on September 9, 2014.[8] She took the oath of office on October 6, 2014.[9]
Notable rulings
- In Jones et al. v. DeSantis, a 2020 voting rights case, Pryor wrote a scathing dissenting opinion. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law that required former felons to pay all legal fees before being eligible to vote again, despite some of them not knowing how much they owed. By a 6-4 vote, the 11th circuit upheld that law. Pryor wrote "The majority today deprives the plaintiffs and countless others like them of opportunity and equality in voting through its denial of the plaintiffs’ due process, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, and equal protection claims. I dissent."[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Hon. Jill A. Pryor Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com". Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ a b c "President Obama Nominates Jill A. Pryor to Serve on the US Court of Appeals". 16 February 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "President Obama Re-nominates Thirty-Three to Federal Judgeships". 3 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Judicial Nominations". United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 13 May 2014.
- ^ "Executive Business Meeting" (PDF). United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Jill A. Pryor, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)".
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Jill A. Pryor, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge)".
- ^ "Pryor, Jill Anne – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ "Hon. Jill A. Pryor". United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
- ^ "KELVIN LEON JONES, ROSEMARY MCCOY, et al., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, versus GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, FLORIDA SECRETARY OF STATE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS" (PDF). Courthouse News. September 11, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
External links
- Jill A. Pryor at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Jill Pryor at Ballotpedia