Frank Seay

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Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Tenure

2003 - Present

Years in position

Prior offices

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

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Education

Bachelor's

University of Oklahoma, 1961

Law

University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1966

Personal

Birthplace

Shawnee, Okla.

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Professional career
* 3 Judicial career
* 3.1 Eastern District of Oklahoma
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

Frank Howell Seay is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. He joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter. From 1980 to 1996, Seay served as the chief judge of the district court.

## Early life and education[edit]

A native of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Seay graduated from the University of Oklahoma with his bachelor's degree in 1961 and from the University of Oklahoma College of Law with his J.D. in 1966.[1]

## Professional career[edit]

* 1979 - Present: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

* 2003 - Present: Senior judge

* 1980-1996: Chief judge

* 1979-2003: Judge

* 1967-1979: Oklahoma District 22

* 1974-1979: Judge
* 1968-1974: Associate judge
* 1967-1968: First assistant district attorney

* 1963-1966: County attorney, Seminole County, Okla.
* 1963-1966: Private practice, Seminole, Okla.[1]

## Judicial career[edit]

### Eastern District of Oklahoma[edit]

Seay was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on September 28, 1979, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma vacated by Judge Joseph Morris. Seay was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 31, 1979, and he received his commission on November 2, 1979. Seay served as the chief judge of the district court from 1980 to 1996. Seay elected to take senior status beginning on September 25, 2003. He was succeeded in this position by Judge Ronald White.[1]

## See also[edit]

* United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
* United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

## External links[edit]

* Judge Seay's biography from the Federal Judicial Center

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Frank Howell Seay," accessed June 5, 2017

Political offices

Preceded by:
Joseph Morris | Eastern District of Oklahoma
1979–2003
Seat #1  | Succeeded by:
Ronald White

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

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Active judges|

Chief Judge: Ronald WhiteChief Judge: John Heil

Senior judges|

James Payne • Frank Seay •

Magistrate judges|  Steven Shreder • Kimberly West •
Former Article III judges|

David L. Russell • Ralph Campbell • Robert Williams (Oklahoma) • Joseph Morris • Franklin Elmore Kennamer • Alfred Murrah • Eugene Rice • Bower Broaddus • Luther Bohanon • William Wallace (Oklahoma) • Billy Burrage • Harold Cook • Frederick Daugherty • Orville Langley •

Former Chief judges|

James Payne • Frank Seay • Joseph Morris • Eugene Rice • Billy Burrage • Frederick Daugherty • Orville Langley •

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Federal judges nominated by Jimmy Carter

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1977|

Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron

1978|

Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler

1979|

Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright •

Zobel
1980|

Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams

1981|

Heen

Oklahoma courts

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