Roger Gregory
Roger Gregory | |
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.jpg) Gregory in 2012 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | |
| In office July 8, 2016 – July 8, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | William Byrd Traxler Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Albert Diaz |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | |
| Assumed office December 27, 2000 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton (recess) George W. Bush (commission) |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 17, 1953 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Virginia State University (BA) University of Michigan (JD) |
Roger Lee Gregory[1] (born July 17, 1953) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Background
Gregory was born in
Federal judicial service
On June 30, 2000, President Bill Clinton nominated Gregory to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that had been vacant for close to a decade since it had been created (the Senate had never acted on Clinton's previous nominee to that seat, J. Rich Leonard).[3] After the Senate declined to take up Gregory's nomination, and the 2000 presidential election was already over, Clinton installed Gregory on the Fourth Circuit on December 27, 2000, via a recess appointment, which would have lasted only until the end of the 2001 Congressional session. However, he was renominated by newly elected President George W. Bush on May 9, 2001.
The Senate confirmed Gregory on July 20, 2001, by a 93–1 vote, with Trent Lott of Mississippi casting the lone dissenting vote because he objected to Clinton's use of his recess appointment power.[4] Gregory was the first judge nominated to the Fourth Circuit by Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate and is the first black judge to serve on the Fourth Circuit.[5] He received his commission on July 25, 2001.[6] Gregory became chief judge on July 8, 2016.[7] and served a seven-year-term through July 8, 2023.
Notable opinions
On July 28, 2014, Gregory joined the majority opinion with
On May 25, 2017, Gregory wrote for the majority when the en banc circuit upheld a lower court's injunction blocking the President's travel ban by a 10-3 vote in Int'l Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump.[8][9]
In October 2017, Gregory dissented when the panel majority found that the Bladensburg Peace Cross memorial from World War I now violated the Constitution's Establishment Clause, and he wrote another dissent when the circuit denied rehearing en banc.[10][11][12] The circuit's judgement was then reversed by the Supreme Court of the United States in American Legion v. American Humanist Association (2019).[13]
See also
- Bill Clinton judicial appointment controversies
- George W. Bush judicial appointment controversies
- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States
- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Virginia
References
- ^ U.S. Senate (2001). Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session.
- ^ a b Porter, Mike (2006-05-05). "VCU Lauds the Hon. Roger L. Gregory for Public Service". Virginia Commonwealth University. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
- ^ "Pres. Nom. 1129". 106th Cong. (2000).
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Roger L. Gregory, of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit)". senate.gov.
- ^ Mitchell, Alison (21 July 2001). "Senators Confirm 3 Judges, Including Once-Stalled Black". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Roger Gregory at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Daily Reporter. July 5, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ Adam Liptak (26 May 2017). "Appeals Court Will Not Reinstate Trump's Revised Travel Ban". The New York Times. p. A1. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit" (PDF).
- ^ Am. Humanist Ass’n v. Md.-Nat’l Capital Park & Planning Comm’n, 874 F.3d 195 (4th Cir. 2017).
- ^ Am. Humanist Ass’n v. Md.-Nat’l Capital Park & Planning Comm’n, 891 F.3d 117 (4th Cir. 2018) (mem.).
- ^ Note, Recent Case: En Banc Fourth Circuit Denies Rehearing of Holding that Cross-Shaped World War I Memorial Violates Establishment Clause, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 1353 (2019).
- ^ Note, The Supreme Court, 2018 Term — Leading Cases, 133 Harv. L. Rev. 262 (2019).
