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Mark Saalfield Norris, Sr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 44Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 8, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 18, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 44
- Confirmed
- October 11, 2018
- Commissioned
- November 8, 2018
- 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.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1980-2018
- Commissioner, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1994-2000; commission chair, 1996-1997
- State senator, Tennessee, 2000-2018; chair, Transportation Committee, 2005-2006; chair, Republican caucus, 2006-2007; majority leader, 2007-2018
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