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Keith P. Ellison
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Active service.
Confirmed 94 to 4Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- January 26, 1999
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 16, 1999
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 24, 1999
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 94 to 4
- Confirmed
- June 30, 1999
- Commissioned
- July 7, 1999
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1950, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Skelly Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1976-1977
- Law clerk, Hon. Harry Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States, 1977-1978
- Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1978-1999
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