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*Sentenced Financial Manager [[Marcus Schrenker]], who attempted to fake his own death by parachutting out of his plane after charges were brought against him for securities fraud, to four years in federal prison in 2009. |
*Sentenced Financial Manager [[Marcus Schrenker]], who attempted to fake his own death by parachutting out of his plane after charges were brought against him for securities fraud, to four years in federal prison in 2009. |
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Vinson was chief judge from 1997 to 2004. He assumed [[senior status]] on March 31, 2005. |
Vinson was chief judge from 1997 to 2004. He assumed [[senior status]] on March 31, 2005. |
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Vinson is an avid hunter and amateur [[taxidermy|taxidermist]]. After a 2002 hunting trip during which he killed three [[Bear hunting|brown bears]], Vinson had their heads mounted over the door through which defendants must pass to enter the courtroom. At the time Vinson said the sight of the severed bear heads would "instill the fear of God" into the accused.<ref>"Court now more bearable for accused." ''Pensacola News Journal'', June 31, 2003.</ref> The heads were removed in June 2003 following complaints by local defendants' rights groups. |
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He was appointed to serve a seven-year term on the [[United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court|Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court]], effective May 4, 2006.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/05/new_fisa_court_judge_appointed.html New FISA Court Judge Appointed]</ref> |
He was appointed to serve a seven-year term on the [[United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court|Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court]], effective May 4, 2006.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/05/new_fisa_court_judge_appointed.html New FISA Court Judge Appointed]</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:21, 14 September 2010
Clyde Roger Vinson (b. 1940) is a senior federal judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Born on February 19, 1940 in Cadiz, Kentucky, Vinson attended the United States Naval Academy and graduated in 1962 with a bachelor's degree in engineering. He served at Naval Air Station Pensacola as a Naval aviator from 1962-1968, attaining the rank of lieutenant. After his service, he attended Vanderbilt University and received his J.D. in 1971.
Returning to Pensacola, Florida, Vinson joined the law firm of Beggs & Lane, where he practiced general civil law from 1971-1983. He was nominated to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan on September 9, 1983 to a seat vacated by Lynn C. Higby, was confirmed by the Senate on October 4, and received his commission a day later. Among the notable cases he has presided over:
- Four defendants of abortion clinic bombing, 1985[1]
- Escambia County, Florida ordinance banning The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988[2]
- Shoney's $134 million race discrimination settlement, 1993[3]
- Paul Jennings Hill (federal Clinic Access Law charges), 1994[4]
- Sentenced Financial Manager Marcus Schrenker, who attempted to fake his own death by parachutting out of his plane after charges were brought against him for securities fraud, to four years in federal prison in 2009.
Vinson was chief judge from 1997 to 2004. He assumed senior status on March 31, 2005.
He was appointed to serve a seven-year term on the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court, effective May 4, 2006.[5]
In 2009 he was installed as president of the American Camellia Society.[6]
In 2010 Vinson was selected to hear arguments by a group of thirteen state attorneys general challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was integral to President Barack Obama's health care reform efforts.
References
- ^ "2 of 4 Are Guilty of Clinic Bombing." New York Times, April 25, 1985.
- ^ "Judge Overturns Ban on Film." New York Times, September 11, 1988.
- ^ "Shoney's Bias Suit Settled." New York Times, January 28, 1993.
- ^ "Abortion Protester Is Guilty Under Clinic Access Law." New York Times, October 6, 1994.
- ^ New FISA Court Judge Appointed
- ^ American Camellia Society Board of Directors
Sources
- Roger Vinson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.