Michael R. Murphy (Federal judge)
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Michael R. Murphy
United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit (senior status)
Tenure
2012 - Present
Years in position
12
Prior offices
United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Education
Personal
Michael R. Murphy is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.[1]
Early life and education
Murphy earned his B.A. from Creighton University in 1969 and his J.D. from the University of Wyoming in 1972.[1]
Professional career
- 1986-1995: Judge, Utah Third Judicial District
- 1990-1995: Presiding judge
- 1973-1986: Private practice, Salt Lake City, Utah
- 1972-1973: Law clerk, Hon. David Lewis, United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit[1]
Judicial career
10th Circuit Court of Appeals
| Nomination Tracker |
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Michael R. Murphy |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 17 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: July 25, 1995
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: August 3, 1995
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: August 4, 1995
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| Confirmed: August 11, 1995
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Murphy was nominated by President Bill Clinton on July 25, 1995, to a seat vacated by Judge Monroe McKay as McKay assumed senior status. The American Bar Association rated Murphy Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Murphy's nomination were held on August 3, 1995, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) the next day. Murphy was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on August 11, 1995, and he received his commission on August 14, 1995. Murphy assumed senior status on the court on December 31, 2012.[1][3] He was succeeded on the court by Judge Carolyn McHugh.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed August 15, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA |
Third District of Utah 1985–1989 |
Succeeded by: William W. Barrett |
| Preceded by: Monroe McKay |
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals 1995–2012 |
Succeeded by: Carolyn McHugh |
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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 |
