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Callie Granade
2016 - Present
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Callie V. Granade is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. She joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. Granade served as the chief judge of the court from 2003 to 2010.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Lexington, Virginia, Granade received her undergraduate degree from Hollins College in 1972 and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1975.[1]
Professional career
- 2016 - Present: Senior judge
- 2003-2010: Chief judge
- 2002-2016: Judge
- 1977-2002: Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Alabama
- 2001-2002: Interim U.S. Attorney
- 1975-1976: Law clerk, Hon. John Godbold, United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Alabama
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Callie V. Granade |
| Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 186 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: August 2, 2001
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: December 5, 2001
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: December 13, 2001
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| Confirmed: February 4, 2002
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| Vote: 75-0
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 Returned: August 3, 2001
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Granade was first nominated by President George W. Bush on August 2, 2001, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama vacated by Alex Howard. The American Bar Association rated Granade Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Granade's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 5, 2001, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on December 13, 2001. Granade was confirmed on a recorded vote of the U.S. Senate on February 4, 2002, and she received her commission on February 12, 2002. She served as the chief judge of the district court from 2003 to 2010. She elected to take senior status beginning on March 7, 2016.[1][2][3][4]
Noteworthy cases
Judge Granade rules Alabama same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional (2015)
Judge Callie Granade ruled on January 23, 2015, that Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, striking down the Sanctity of Marriage Amendment passed by voters in 2006. The judge did stay her ruling for two weeks to allow the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to review the case. On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Obergefell v. Hodges that the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed the right to marry as a fundamental liberty for same-sex couples.
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Catholic organization appeals dismissal of its challenge to the Affordable Care Act's birth control mandate (2014)
Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) filed a lawsuit in March 2013 challenging the Affordable Care Act's mandate that employers cover birth control in their health care plans. Judge Granade dismissed the lawsuit, stating that EWTN could file a form with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicating that it opposed the mandate on religious grounds and would not suffer any penalties. EWTN, however, did not feel that the filing of the opposition form was sufficient to protect its interests or its moral viewpoint. As a result, the network appealed the dismissal to the Eleventh Circuit.
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See also
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Callie V. Granade," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 743 — Callie V. Granade — The Judiciary," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 916 — Callie V. Granade — The Judiciary," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 107th Congress," accessed June 1, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Alex Howard |
Southern District of Alabama 2002–2016 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Jeffrey Beaverstock
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gregory • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Moses • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 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 | ||
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Alabama, Middle District of Alabama, Southern District of Alabama • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Alabama, Middle District of Alabama, Southern District of Alabama
State courts:
Alabama Supreme Court • Alabama Court of Civil Appeals • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals • Alabama Circuit Courts • Alabama District Courts • Alabama Juvenile Courts • Alabama Municipal Courts • Alabama Probate Courts • Alabama Small Claims Courts
State resources:
Courts in Alabama • Alabama judicial elections • Judicial selection in Alabama
