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Susan Owens Hickey
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Senior status since April 14, 2026.
Confirmed 83 to 8Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- April 6, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 8, 2011
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 14, 2011
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 83 to 8
- Confirmed
- October 13, 2011
- Commissioned
- October 19, 2011
- Senior status
- Since April 14, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1955, 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, Murphy Oil Corporation, El Dorado, Arkansas, 1981-1984
- Law clerk, Hon. Harry F. Barnes, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, 1997, 1998, 2003-2010
- Judge, Circuit Court of Arkansas, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, 2010-2011
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