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Frank DeArmon Whitney
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Senior status since December 1, 2024.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- February 14, 2006
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 24, 2006
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 15, 2006
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 22, 2006
- Commissioned
- July 5, 2006
- Senior status
- Since December 1, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1959, 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. Army Reserve colonel, 1982-2012
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1987-1988, 1989-1990
- Law clerk, Hon. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1988-1989
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of North Carolina, 1990-2001
- Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2001-2002
- U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 2002-2006
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