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Donovan W. Frank
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Senior status since October 31, 2016.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- May 21, 1998
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 30, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 17, 1998
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 21, 1998
- Commissioned
- October 22, 1998
- Senior status
- Since October 31, 2016
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1951, 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
- Assistant county attorney, St. Louis County, Minnesota, 1977-1985
- Judge, Minnesota District Court, Sixth Judicial District, 1985-1998; assistant chief judge, 1988-1991; chief judge, 1991-1996
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