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Margaret Rodgers

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Margaret Rodgers

United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Tenure

2003 - Present

Years in position

21

Education

Personal


Margaret Catharine Rodgers is a federal judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. She joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. Rodgers was chief judge of the court from 2011 to 2018.

Early life and education

Born in Pensacola, Florida, Rodgers graduated from the University of West Florida with her bachelor's degree in 1989 and from the California Western School of Law with her J.D. in 1992.[1]

Military service

Rodgers served in the U.S. Army from 1985 to 1987.[1]

Professional career

Judicial career

Northern District of Florida

Nomination Tracker

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Nominee Information
Name: Margaret Catharine Rodgers
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Progress
Confirmed 98 days after nomination.
ApprovedNominated: July 14, 2003
ApprovedABA Rating: Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified
Questionnaire:
ApprovedHearing: September 17, 2003
Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript
QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
ApprovedReported: October 2, 2003 
ApprovedConfirmed: October 20, 2003
ApprovedVote: 82-0

Rodgers was nominated by President George W. Bush on July 14, 2003, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida vacated by Lacey Collier. The American Bar Association rated Rodgers Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Rodgers' nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 17, 2003, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on October 2, 2003. Rodgers was confirmed on a recorded 82-0 vote of the U.S. Senate on October 20, 2003, and she received her commission on November 21, 2003. Rodgers served as the district court's chief judge from 2011 to 2018.[1][2][3]

Magistrate judge, Northern District of Florida

Rodgers served as a federal magistrate judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida from 2002 to 2003.[1]

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

Chief Judge: Mark E. Walker (Federal judge)   •  Margaret Rodgers  •  T. Kent Wetherell  •  Allen Winsor

Senior judges

Robert Hinkle  •  Clyde Roger Vinson  •  Lacey Collier  •  William Stafford  •  

Magistrate judges Charles Kahn  •  Elizabeth Timothy  •  Martin Fitzpatrick  •  Hope Cannon  •  Michael Frank  •  
Former Article III judges

George C. Young  •  Stephan Mickle  •  John Smoak  •  Isaac Hopkins Bronson  •  McQueen McIntosh  •  Philip Fraser  •  Thomas Settle  •  Charles Swayne  •  William Bostwick Sheppard  •  Augustus Long  •  Winston Arnow  •  George Carswell  •  Curtis Waller  •  George Whitehurst  •  Lynn Higby  •  David Middlebrooks  •  Dozier DeVane  •  Gary Jones (Florida)  •  Larry Bodiford  •  

Former Chief judges

Robert Hinkle  •  Maurice Paul  •  Clyde Roger Vinson  •  William Stafford  •  Stephan Mickle  •  Winston Arnow  •  George Carswell  •  

George W. Bush

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Federal judges nominated by George W. Bush
2001

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2002

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2003

Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock •

Yeakel
2004

Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson

2005

Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary

2006

Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton

2007

Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu

2008

Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White