Raymond P. Moore

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Raymond P. Moore
Moore in 2013
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Assumed office
June 20, 2023
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
In office
March 26, 2013 – June 20, 2023
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byWiley Young Daniel
Succeeded byKato Crews
Personal details
Born (1953-06-19) June 19, 1953 (age 70)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA, JD)

Raymond Paul Moore (born June 19, 1953) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Biography

Moore was born in 1953 in

assistant United States attorney in the District of Colorado. He returned to Davis, Graham & Stubbs in 1986 and became a partner in 1987. He served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Colorado from 1993 to 2003. In January 2004, he became the Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming, serving until 2013.[2][3]

Federal judicial service

On November 14, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Moore to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, to the seat being vacated by Judge Wiley Young Daniel, who took senior status, effective January 1, 2013.[2][3] On January 3, 2013, his nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate. On January 3, 2013, he was renominated to the same office. His nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 14, 2013, by voice vote.[4] He was confirmed by voice vote on the legislative day of March 22, 2013. He received his commission on March 26, 2013. He assumed senior status on June 20, 2023.[3]

See also

  • List of African-American federal judges
  • List of African-American jurists

References

  1. ^ "Senate Nomination Questionnaire" (PDF).
  2. ^
    National Archives
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  3. ^ a b c Raymond P. Moore at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  4. National Archives
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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
2013–2023
Succeeded by