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Diana Jane Gribbon Motz
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Senior status since September 30, 2022.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- January 27, 1994
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 25, 1994
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 14, 1994
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 15, 1994
- Commissioned
- June 16, 1994
- Senior status
- Since September 30, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1943, 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, Baltimore, Maryland, 1968-1971, 1986-1991
- Assistant attorney general, State of Maryland, 1972-1986; chief of litigation, 1982-1986
- Associate judge, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 1991-1994
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