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Charles Allen (Kentucky)

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Charles Allen

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Prior offices

United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Education

Personal

Charles Mengel Allen (1916-2000) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Allen was nominated to the Western District of Kentucky by President Richard Nixon on November 17, 1971, to a seat vacated by Henry Brooks; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 23, 1971, and received commission on November 30, 1971. From 1977-1985, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1985. He served the Western District of Kentucky until his death on January 4, 2000.[1]

Early life and education

  • Yale University, B.A., 1941
  • University of Louisville School of Law, LL.B, 1943[1]

Professional career

  • Private practice, 1944-1945
  • Teacher, Arizona Desert School, Tucson, Arizona, 1945-1946
  • Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 1946-1955
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1955-1959
  • Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 1959-1961
  • Judge, Jefferson County Circuit Court, Fourth Chancery Division, Kentucky, 1961-1971[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Kentucky

Allen was nominated to the Western District of Kentucky by President Richard Nixon on November 17, 1971, to a seat vacated by Henry Brooks; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 23, 1971, and received commission on November 30, 1971. From 1977-1985, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1985. He served the Western District of Kentucky until his death on January 4, 2000.[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by:
Henry Brooks 		Western District of Kentucky
1971–1985
Seat #3 		Succeeded by:
Charles Simpson

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Active judges

Chief Judge: Greg N. Stivers   •  David J. Hale  •  Claria Horn Boom  •  Rebecca Grady Jennings  •  Benjamin Beaton

Senior judges

Charles Simpson  •  Thomas Russell  •  Joseph McKinley  •  

Magistrate judges H. Brent Brennenstuhl  •  Lanny King  •  Colin Lindsay  •  Regina Edwards  •  
Former Article III judges

John Heyburn  •  Edward Johnstone  •  Walter Evans  •  Charles Dawson  •  Charles Harwood Moorman  •  Elwood Hamilton  •  Mac Swinford  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Eugene Siler  •  Charles Allen (Kentucky)  •  Thomas Ballantine  •  Clifton Bratcher  •  Henry Brooks  •  James Gordon  •  Ronald Meredith  •  Roy Shelbourne  •  Justin Walker (U.S. Court of Appeals)  •  

Former Chief judges

John Heyburn  •  Charles Simpson  •  Thomas Russell  •  Edward Johnstone  •  Charles Allen (Kentucky)  •  Thomas Ballantine  •  Clifton Bratcher  •  Henry Brooks  •  James Gordon  •  Ronald Meredith  •  Roy Shelbourne  •  

Richard Nixon

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Federal judges nominated by Richard Nixon
1969

Adams • Barlow • Battin • Brooks • Burger • Carswell • Clark • Garth • Gibbons • Goodwin • Hannum • Herman • Ingraham • Kilkenny • Lane • Levin • MacKinnon • McFadden • Middlebrooks • Parker • Robb • Trask • Widener • Wilkins • Williams • Wright

1970

Becker • Blackmun • Bogue • Bratcher • Bue • Conti • Cox • Ditter • Dupree • Eisele • Engel • Fay • Feikens • Fisher • Frey • Gorbey • Hill • Huyett • Kelleher • Kennedy • Kent • King • Kitchen • Knapp • Knox • Krupansky • McCune • McGarr • McWilliams • Mechem • J. Miller • W. Miller • Morton • Moye • Muir • O'Kelley • Oakes • Pell • Pointer • Pratt • Roney • Rosenn • Ross • Schnacke • Scott • Stapleton • Steger • Stevens • Teitelbaum • Thompson • Tjoflat • Toledo • Turrentine • Urbom • VanArtsdalen • Walinski • Wallace • Wangelin • Webster • Weis • Wellford • Wilkey • Winner • Wood

1971

Alaimo • Allen • A. Anderson • J. Anderson • Barrett • Bauer • Bauman • Benson • Blair • Blatt • Boe • Brieant • Broderick • Bryan Jr. • Byrne • Campbell • Chapman • Choy • Contie • Costantino • DeMascio • Denney • Dier • Doyle • Field • Finesilver • Flannery • Freeman • Gagliardi • Goodwin • Gordon • Green • Gurfein • Hall • Hand • Hodges • Holden • Hunter • Kunzig • Lacey • Lucas • Lydick • Mansfield • McGovern • McLaren • McMillen • Mulligan • Murray • Neaher • Newcomer • Newman • Nielsen • O'Connor • Oakes • Pierce • Powell • Rehnquist • Renfrew • Richey • Rosen • Rubin • Russell • Scalera • Sharp • Sprecher • Stephenson • Stuart • Timbers • Tone • Sickle • Varner • R. West • Williams •

Young
1972

Bechtle • Bennett • Burns • Campbell • Carter • Coffrin • Duffy • Enright • Foreman • Freedman • Griesa • Hermansdorfer • Joiner • Kashiwa • King • Knapp • Lively • Mahon • Markey • Neill • Owens • Pesquera • Roettger • Skopil, Jr. • Stewart • Tauro • Turk • Wallace • H. Ward • R. Ward • Widener

1973

Biunno • Conner • Engel • Fogel • Garth • Gee • Guin • Hancock • Harvey • Marshall • Miller • Nangle • Owen • Reed • Schatz • Sharp • Skinner • Sneed • Snyder • Stern • Webster • Weis • Wood

1974

Alsop • Duncan • Firth • Gurfein • Hill • Matsch • McGlynn • Meanor • Miles • Morris • Orrick • Platt • Porter • Schwartz • Stagg • Tone • Voorhees • Warren • Warriner • Werker