Raner Collins
Raner Collins | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
Assumed office March 4, 2019 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
In office September 3, 2013 – September 4, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Roslyn O. Silver |
Succeeded by | G. Murray Snow |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
In office August 3, 1998 – March 4, 2019 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | William Docker Browning |
Succeeded by | John C. Hinderaker |
Personal details | |
Born | Raner Christercunean Collins 1952 (age 71–72) Malvern, Arkansas, U.S. |
Education | Arkansas Polytechnic College (BA) University of Arizona (JD) |
Raner Christercunean Collins (born 1952) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Education and career
Born in
Federal judicial service
On May 11, 1998, Collins was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by Judge William Docker Browning. Collins was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 31, 1998, and received his commission on August 3, 1998. He became Chief Judge on September 3, 2013, succeeding previous Chief Judge Roslyn O. Silver who took senior status. He finished his term as Chief Judge on September 4, 2018. He assumed senior status on March 4, 2019.[1]
Notable ruling
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On January 11, 2011, following the death of Chief Judge John Roll in the 2011 Tucson shooting, Collins ordered that the judges of the District of Arizona, all of whom knew Roll well, could not preside over the prosecution of the alleged murderer.
See also
- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
References
- ^ Raner Collins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
- Raner Collins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.