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Carolyn Dineen King
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Senior status since December 31, 2013.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- April 30, 1979
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 25, 1979
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 10, 1979
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 12, 1979
- Commissioned
- July 13, 1979
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1938, 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, Houston, Texas, 1962-1979
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1999-2006
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