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Donald Nugent
2017 - Present
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Donald C. Nugent is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nugent graduated from Xavier University with his bachelor's degree in 1970, from Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law with his J.D. in 1974, and from the National Judicial College with his master of judicial studies in 1994.[1]
Military service
Nugent served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1970 to 1971.[1]
Professional career
- 2017-present: Senior judge
- 1995-2016: Judge
- 1993-1995: Judge, Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals
- 1985-1992: Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
- 1975-1985: Assistant prosecutor, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
- 1974-1985: Private practice, Cuyahoga County[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Ohio
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Donald C. Nugent |
| Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 64 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: April 27, 1995
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: June 6, 1995
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: June 22, 1995
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| Confirmed: June 30, 1995
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Nugent was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by President Bill Clinton on April 27, 1995, to a seat vacated by Thomas Lambros. The American Bar Association rated Nugent Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Nugent's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 6, 1995, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on June 22, 1995. Nugent was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on June 30, 1995, and he received his commission the same day. Nugent elected to take senior status beginning on January 1, 2017.[1][3]
See also
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed January 1, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed January 1, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 352 — Donald C. Nugent — The Judiciary," accessed January 1, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Thomas Lambros |
Northern District of Ohio 1995–2017 Seat #7 |
Succeeded by: Pamela A. Barker
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| 1993 |
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| 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:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio
State courts:
Ohio Supreme Court • Ohio District Courts of Appeal • Ohio Courts of Common Pleas • Ohio County Courts • Ohio Municipal Courts • Ohio Court of Claims
State resources:
Courts in Ohio • Ohio judicial elections • Judicial selection in Ohio
