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Paul Arthur Magnuson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Senior status since February 9, 2002.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- September 28, 1981
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 22, 1981
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 27, 1981
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 29, 1981
- Commissioned
- October 29, 1981
- Senior status
- Since February 9, 2002
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1937, 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
- Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1963-1981
- Adjunct faculty, William Mitchell College of Law, 1982-1989
- Instructor, Hamline University School of Law, 1987-1989
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