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Megan Blair Benton
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 5, 2026
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 15, 2026
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 46
- Confirmed
- February 4, 2026
- Commissioned
- February 10, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1985, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Ralph W. Dau and Hon. Barbara M. Scheper, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 2011-2012
- Private practice, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012-2014
- Assistant prosecuting attorney, Platte County, Missouri, 2014-2017, 2019-2021
- Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixth Judicial Circuit, 2021-2026; associate circuit judge, 2021-2023; circuit judge, 2023-2026
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