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S. Jay Plager
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Senior status since November 30, 2000.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- September 12, 1989
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 20, 1989
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 2, 1989
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- November 8, 1989
- Commissioned
- November 11, 1989
- Senior status
- Since November 30, 2000
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1931, 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. Navy, 1948-1970
- Law professor, University of Florida, 1958-1963
- Law professor, University of Illinois, 1963-1977
- Visiting professor, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1967-1968
- Dean and professor, Indiana University School of Law, 1977-1984
- Visiting fellow, Cambridge University and Rockefeller Foundation Research Center, 1980
- Visiting scholar, Stanford Law School, 1984-1985
- Counselor to the undersecretary of health and human services, 1986-1987
- Associate director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 1987-1988
- Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 1988-1989
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