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Ann D. Montgomery is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She joined the court in 1996 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. She assumed senior status on May 31, 2016.[1]
Born in Litchfield, Minnesota, Montgomery earned her B.S. from the University of Kansas in 1971, and her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1974.[1]
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Ann D. Montgomery |
| Court: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 249 days after nomination. |
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Montgomery was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota by President Bill Clinton on November 27, 1995, to a seat vacated by Diana Murphy upon Murphy's elevation to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The American Bar Association rated Montgomery Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Montgomery's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 28, 1996, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on March 3, 1996. Montgomery was confirmed by a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on August 2, 1996, and she received her commission on August 6, 1996. Montgomery assumed senior status on May 31, 2016.[1][3]
Prior to her elevation to the district court, Montgomery was a federal magistrate judge for the District of Minnesota from 1994 to 1996.[1]
In 2009, Tom Petters was convicted for his role in a $3.5 billion Ponzi Scheme. On April 23, 2010, Judge Montgomery approved the sale of Petters' former seven-bedroom home on Lake Minnetonka for $5 million. The proceeds of the sale were intended to pay off the mortgages associated with the property and pay damages to people that lost money in the Ponzi Scheme.[4][5]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Diana Murphy |
District of Minnesota 1996–2016 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: Nancy E. Brasel
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Patrick Schiltz • John Tunheim • Wilhelmina Wright • Nancy E. Brasel • Katherine Menendez • Eric Tostrud | ||
| Senior judges |
Ann Montgomery • Donovan Frank • Joan Ericksen • David Doty • Donald Alsop • Paul Magnuson • Susan Richard Nelson • Michael James Davis (Minnesota) • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Tony N. Leung • Leo Brisbois • Hildy Bowbeer • Becky R. Thorson • Jon Huseby • David Schultz • Elizabeth Cowan Wright • John Docherty • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
James Rosenbaum • Richard Kyle • Diana Murphy • Rensselaer Russell Nelson • William Lochren • Page Morris • Milton Dwight Purdy • Charles Andrew Willard • Wilbur Franklin Booth • William Alexander Cant • John Franklin McGee • Joseph West Molyneaux • John Benjamin Sanborn • Gunnar Hans Nordbye • Matthew Joyce • Robert Cook Bell • George Sullivan (Minnesota) • Edward Devitt • Dennis Donovan • Earl Larson • Miles Lord • Harry MacLaughlin • Philip Neville • Robert Renner • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
James Rosenbaum • John Tunheim • Donald Alsop • Paul Magnuson • Diana Murphy • Gunnar Hans Nordbye • Edward Devitt • Miles Lord • Harry MacLaughlin • | ||
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Minnesota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Minnesota
State courts:
Minnesota Supreme Court • Minnesota Court of Appeals • Minnesota District Courts • Minnesota Problem-Solving Courts • Minnesota Tax Court • Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals
State resources:
Courts in Minnesota • Minnesota judicial elections • Judicial selection in Minnesota
Categories: [Judge on senior status, District of Minnesota] [Appointed by Bill Clinton] [Confirmed 1995] [Senior federal judge]
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