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James Earl Graves, Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 5, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 3, 2011
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- February 14, 2011
- Commissioned
- February 15, 2011
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1953, 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
- Staff attorney, Central Mississippi Legal Services, Jackson, Mississippi, 1980-1983
- Adjunct professor, Jackson State University, 1980-1997
- Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1983-1986
- Special assistant attorney general, State of Mississippi, 1986-1990
- Director, Division of Child Support Enforcement, Mississippi Department of Human Services, 1990-1991
- Judge, Mississippi Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial District, 1991-2001
- Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court, 2001-2011; presiding justice, 2009-2011
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