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Deborah Robinson

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Deborah Robinson
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Prior offices
United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Education

Bachelor's

Morgan State University

Law

Emory University School of Law

Contact


Deborah A. Robinson was a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She began her service in that position on July 18, 1988.[1] Robinson retired on August 31, 2020.[2]

Early life and education

Judge Robinson received her undergraduate degree from Morgan State University, and her J.D. from Emory University Law.[1]

Professional career

Judicial career

Robinson was sworn in as a federal magistrate judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on July 18, 1988. She was reappointed to successive eight-year terms on the court in 1996, 2004, and 2012.[1] She retired on August 31, 2020.[2]

Noteworthy cases

Magistrate judge oversees pleas in Russia probe (2017)

See also: United States District Court for the District of Columbia (United States of America v. Paul J. Manafort Jr. and Richard W. Gates III)

On October 30, 2017, Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson presided as Paul Manafort, the one-time campaign manager for President Donald Trump (R) and Manafort's associate, Rick Gates, entered pleas of not guilty in response to an indictment on 12 charges related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Upon entry of the plea, the defendants were held over for trial in a federal district court with Judge Amy Berman Jackson presiding.[3]

For more, see Investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election

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