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James Russell Sweeney, II
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- November 1, 2017
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 10, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 8, 2018
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- August 28, 2018
- Commissioned
- September 13, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1961, 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. Marine Corps captain, 1983-1992
- U.S. Marine Corps Reserve colonel, 1992-2013
- Law clerk, Hon. John Daniel Tinder, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 1996-1997
- Law clerk, Hon. James L. Ryan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1997-1998
- Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1999-2018
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