Karen Moore
1995 - Present
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Karen Nelson Moore is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. She joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Washington, D.C., Moore earned her bachelor's degree from Radcliffe College in 1970 and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1973.[1]
Professional career
- 1995-present: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- 1990-1991: Visiting professor, Harvard Law School
- 1977-1995: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- 1982-1995: Professor
- 1980-1982: Associate professor
- 1977-1980: Assistant professor
- 1975-1977: Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio
- 1974-1975: Law clerk, Hon. Harry Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States
- 1973-1974: Law clerk, Hon. Malcolm Wilkey, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- 1972-1973: Instructor, International Tax Law Program, Harvard Law School[1]
Judicial career
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Karen Nelson Moore |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 191 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: September 14, 1994
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| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified
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| Hearing: February 27, 1995
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| Reported: March 16, 1995
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| Confirmed: March 24, 1995
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| Vote: Voice vote
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 Returned: November 14, 1994
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Moore was first nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit by President Bill Clinton on September 14, 1994, to a seat vacated by Judge Robert Krupansky. Under Rule XXXI, paragraph six of the standing rules of the Senate, Moore's nomination was returned to the president on November 14, 1994. President Clinton resubmitted Moore's nomination on January 24, 1995. The American Bar Association rated Moore Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Moore's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 27, 1995, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on March 16, 1995. Moore was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on March 24, 1995, and she received her commission the same day.[1][3][4]
Noteworthy cases
Sixth Circuit affirms injunction against early voting law in Ohio (2014)
In Ohio, for one week, residents could register and vote on the same day. This event coincided with the first week of the five-week early voting period in the state. The Ohio Legislature, however, passed a law banning this week. This law was met with protest. A three-judge panel, consisting of judges Karen Moore, Eric Clay and Damon Keith, found that the state did not prove that the week-long period increased the likelihood of voter fraud or that the costs associated with early voting in general were too burdensome. Judge Moore wrote for the panel and stated that there was “extensive evidence in the record of the burdens African American, lower-income, and homeless voters will face in voting” without access to early voting.
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Sixth Circuit enforces judges have immunity (2014)
Judge D. Dean Evans was sued by an attorney, Robert Bright, after the two disagreed about whether the judge should accept a plea deal. Judge Evans had refused to accept the plea. Bright then filed a motion asking the court to accept the plea deal of his client who initially refused the deal but almost immediately changed his mind. Bright accused the judge of abusing his discretion in the matter. In return, Judge Evans filed a complaint with the Ohio Supreme Court, removed Bright from the case upon which they disagreed, and also removed Bright from every other felony case to be heard in his courtroom. In total, Judge Evans removed Bright from 70 cases. Defense Corp., Bright's employer, fired him a month later because he could no longer represent clients before the judge, who was the only judge hearing criminal cases in the county.
The first judge to hear the case, Judge James Graham of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, refused to dismiss it, claiming that Judge Evans acted outside his jurisdiction and was thus not entitled to judicial immunity.[5]
The case was appealed to the Sixth Circuit, and a three-judge panel consisting of Helene White, Karen Moore and Bernice Donald, reversed Judge Graham's ruling. Judge Moore wrote for the panel that, while Judge Evans acted “petty, unethical, and unworthy of his office,” judicial immunity still applied.[5] The panel also held because Judge Evans’ court had subject-matter jurisdiction over criminal proceedings in the county, he was not acting outside of his jurisdiction. Further, the panel indicated that it wished to protect judicial immunity for the sake of the entire judicial community.
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed November 29, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed November 29, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1746 — Karen Nelson Moore — The Judiciary," accessed November 29, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 180 — Karen Nelson Moore — The Judiciary," accessed November 29, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Courthouse News, "Despite 'Unethical' Acts, Judge Has Immunity," June 6, 2014
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United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit 1995-Present |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
