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Melissa Raye DuBose
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 47Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- February 1, 2024
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 8, 2024
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 7, 2024
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 47
- Confirmed
- March 12, 2024
- Commissioned
- January 2, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1968, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Teacher, Providence, Rhode Island, 1994-2005
- Special assistant attorney general, State of Rhode Island, 2005-2008
- Senior legal counsel, Schneider Electric, Foxboro, Massachusetts, 2008-2019
- Associate judge, Rhode Island District Court, Sixth Division, 2019-2024
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