Kim R. Gibson
Kim Richard Gibson | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office June 3, 2016 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | |
| In office September 23, 2003 – June 3, 2016 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | D. Brooks Smith |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Ranjan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kim Richard Gibson May 29, 1948 Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army |
Kim Richard Gibson (born May 29, 1948)[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Born in
Early legal career
Gibson attended
Gibson was in private practice as a sole practitioner in Somerset, Pennsylvania, from 1978 through 1997. During that time he served as a public defender, attorney for Children and Youth Services, solicitor for a school district and various municipalities, and as solicitor for Somerset County.
State judicial career
He was elected to the Somerset County Court of Common Pleas in 1997. During his time on the common pleas bench, he was instrumental in establishing Victim Impact Panels and Juvenile Drug Court (only the second such court in Pennsylvania).
Federal judicial service
On April 28, 2003, Gibson was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by D. Brooks Smith. Gibson was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 23, 2003, and received his commission the following day.[2] Gibson assumed senior status on June 3, 2016.
In April 2017, Gibson was reversed by a unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit after he rejected the claims under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution made by the parents of a mentally ill prisoner who had committed suicide after being segregated into solitary confinement.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Kim R. Gibson, Senior District Judge". www.pawd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ Pres. Nom. 540, 108th Cong. (2003).
- ^ Note, Recent Case: Third Circuit Holds Parents of Mentally Ill Young Man Held in Solitary Confinement Stated Claims of Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 131 Harv. L. Rev. 1481 (2018).
- ^ Palakovicv v. Wetzel, No.3:14-145,2015 (W.D. Pa. June 26, 2015).
External links
- Kim R. Gibson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.