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Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Senior status since August 8, 2009.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- November 17, 1989
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 27, 1990
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 8, 1990
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- March 9, 1990
- Commissioned
- March 12, 1990
- Senior status
- Since August 8, 2009
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1944, 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
- U.S. Army, 1966-1970
- Law clerk, Hon. Byron White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1972-1973
- Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1973-1990
- Instructor in constitutional law, University of Mississippi Law School Paralegal Course, 1975-1976
- Instructor, Mississippi College School of Law, 1976
- Chairman, Mississippi Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program, 1982-1985
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