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Harry Claiborne

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Harry Claiborne

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Prior offices

United States District Court for the District of Nevada

Education

Personal

Harry E. Claiborne (1917-2004) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Claiborne was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on July 25, 1978, to a seat vacated by Bruce Thompson; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1978, and received commission that same day. From 1980-1986, he served as the chief judge. He served the District of Nevada until his impeachment and conviction on October 9, 1986. Claiborne passed away on January 19, 2004.

Early life and education

  • Cumberland University, LL.B., 1941

Professional career

  • Private practice, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1946-1978, 1987-2004
  • Chief deputy district attorney, Clark County, Nevada, 1946-1948
  • Member, Nevada State Legislature, 1948
  • City attorney, City of North Las Vegas, 1948-1955
  • City attorney, Henderson, Nevada, 1959

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of Nevada

Claiborne was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on July 25, 1978, to a seat vacated by Bruce Thompson[1]; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1978, and received commission that same day. From 1980-1986, he served as the chief judge. He served the District of Nevada until his impeachment and conviction on October 9, 1986.

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Political offices
Preceded by:
Bruce Thompson 		District of Nevada
1978–1986
Seat #2T 		Succeeded by:
Phil Pro

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

Chief Judge: Miranda Du   •  Gloria M. Navarro  •  Jennifer Dorsey  •  Andrew Gordon (Nevada)  •  Richard Franklin Boulware II  •  Anne Traum  •  Cristina Silva

Senior judges

Roger Hunt (Nevada)  •  Kent Dawson  •  James Mahan (Nevada)  •  Robert C. Jones (Nevada federal district court judge)  •  Howard McKibben  •  

Magistrate judges Cam Ferenbach  •  Nancy J. Koppe  •  Brenda Weksler  •  Elayna Youchah  •  Daniel Albregts  •  Carla Baldwin  •  
Former Article III judges

Alexander White Baldwin  •  Edgar Winters Hillyer  •  George Myron Sabin  •  Thomas Porter Hawley  •  Edward Silsby Farrington  •  Lloyd George  •  Larry Hicks (Nevada)  •  Edward Reed  •  Frank Herbert Norcross  •  Johnnie Rawlinson  •  Harry Claiborne  •  Roger Foley  •  Roger T. Foley  •  David Hagen (Nevada)  •  Bruce Thompson (Nevada)  •  John Rolly Ross  •  Philip Pro  •  Brian Sandoval  •  

Former Chief judges

Roger Hunt (Nevada)  •  Lloyd George  •  Edward Reed  •  Howard McKibben  •  Harry Claiborne  •  Roger Foley  •  Roger T. Foley  •  John Rolly Ross  •  Philip Pro  •  

Jimmy Carter

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Federal judges nominated by Jimmy Carter
1977

Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron

1978

Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler

1979

Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright •

Zobel
1980

Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams

1981

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