Michael Joseph Melloy

Michael Melloy
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In office February 14, 2002 – February 1, 2013
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	George Fagg
Succeeded by	Jane Louise Kelly
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
In office 1992–1999
Preceded by	Donald O'Brien
Succeeded by	Mark Bennett
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
In office August 17, 1992 – February 26, 2002
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	David Hansen
Succeeded by	Linda Reade
Personal details
Born	(1948-01-15) January 15, 1948 Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.
Alma mater	Loras College University of Iowa

Michael Joseph Melloy (born January 15, 1948) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

1 Biography
2 Federal judicial service
3 References
4 External links

Biography

Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Melloy received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loras College in 1970, and a Juris Doctorate from University of Iowa College of Law in 1974. He was also in the United States Army from 1970 to 1972, and in the United States Army Reserve from 1972 to 1976. He was in private practice in Dubuque from 1974 until 1986, when he became a judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa, a position he held until 1992.

Federal judicial service

On April 9, 1992, Melloy was nominated by President United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa vacated by David R. Hansen. Melloy was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 12, 1992, and received his commission on August 17, 1992. He served as chief judge from 1992 to 1999.

On September 4, 2001, Melloy was nominated by President [1] He received his commission on February 14, 2002.

Melloy took senior status on February 1, 2013.^[2]

References

^ [1].
^ http://www.uscourts.gov/JudgesAndJudgeships/JudicialVacancies/FutureJudicialVacancies.aspx

External links

Michael Joseph Melloy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by David Hansen	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa 1992–2002	Succeeded by Linda Reade
Preceded by Donald O'Brien	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa 1992–1997	Succeeded by Mark Bennett
Preceded by George Fagg	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit 2002–2013	Vacant

Current senior judges of the United States courts of appeals

1st Circuit	Campbell Selya Cyr Boudin Stahl Lipez

2nd Circuit	Newman Kearse Cardamone Winter Walker Leval Calabresi Straub Sack Parker

3rd Circuit	Aldisert Garth Sloviter Stapleton Greenberg Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth Barry Van Antwerpen

4th Circuit	Phillips Chapman Hamilton Davis

5th Circuit	King Reavley Higginbotham Barksdale Wiener Garza DeMoss Benavides

6th Circuit	Lively Keith Merritt Wellford Milburn Guy Ryan Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Daughtrey Gilman

7th Circuit	Bauer Cudahy Ripple Manion

8th Circuit	Bright Fagg Bowman Beam Hansen Arnold Melloy

9th Circuit	Goodwin Wallace Hug Schroeder Farris Alarcon Nelson Canby Noonan Leavy Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima Fisher

10th Circuit	McKay Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Murphy O'Brien

11th Circuit	Hill Fay Kravitch Anderson Edmondson Cox Dubina Black

DC Circuit	Edwards Silberman Williams Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph

Federal Circuit	Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn

Authority control	VIAF: 149356233

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Michael Joseph Melloy