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Brian Miller (Arkansas)
This is the page for the federal judge of the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Arkansas. If you are looking for the former Washington judge of the Adams County Superior Court, please see: Brian H. Miller.
Brian Miller is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.[1] Miller joined the court in April 2008 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. On July 23, 2012, Miller became chief judge of the court.[2]
Early life and education
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Miller graduated from the University of Central Arkansas with his bachelor's degree in 1992 before graduating from Vanderbilt Law School with his J.D. degree in 1995.[1] Miller served in the United States Navy from 1984 to 1992.[1]
Professional career
Miller was a private practice attorney in Tennessee and Arkansas from 1995 to 2006. Miller also served as City Attorney for the City of Helena, AR from 1999 to 2005 and served as a part-time Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Phillips County from 2000 to 2006. Miller was elected to the Arkansas Court of Appeals in 2007.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Arkansas
On the recommendation of Congressman John Boozman, Miller was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas by President George W. Bush on October 16, 2007. He filled a seat vacated by George Howard. Miller was confirmed by the Senate on April 10, 2008 and received commission on April 17, 2008.[3]
Noteworthy cases
Selsor threatens judge (2013)
- See also: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (USA v. Selsor, 4:12-cr-00199-BSM)
- See also: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (USA v. Selsor, 4:12-cr-00199-BSM)
Judge Miller was the presiding judge in the trial against Leroy Selsor. Selsor was charged with sending multiple threatening letters to federal employees. After an investigation by the FBI and a subsequent trial, Selsor was sentenced to 15 years in prison with no chance of parole and three years of supervised release.[4]
See also
External links
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Officeholder United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Brian S. Miller FJC Bio
- ↑ United States Judicial Branch, Third Branch News: 2/12/2012
- ↑ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ntquery/D?nomis:1:./temp/ nomisrM3AdW:: The Library of Congress, Brian Stacy Miller USDC, AK confirmation: PN988-110]
- ↑ Justice.gov, "MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR THREATENING A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE AND OTHER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES," August 30, 2013 (dead link)
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas 2008-Present |
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| 2002 |
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| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
