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Herman Weber
2002 - Present
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Herman Jacob Weber is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He joined the court in 1985 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Lima, Ohio, Weber received his bachelor's degree from Otterbein College in 1949 and his J.D. from Ohio State University's College of Law in 1952.[1]
Military service
Weber served in the Navy from 1945 to 1946.[1]
Professional career
- 2002-Present: Senior judge
- 1985-2002: Judge
- 1982-1985: Judge, Ohio Second District Court of Appeals
- 1961-1982: Judge, Greene County Court of Common Pleas
- 1958-1960: Acting municipal judge, Fairborn, Ohio
- 1955-1957: Deputy mayor, Fairborn Mayor's court
- 1952-1961: Private practice, Fairborn, Ohio[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Ohio
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Herman J. Weber |
| Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 198 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: September 17, 1984
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: September 26, 1984
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| Reported: April 3, 1985
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| Confirmed: April 3, 1985
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| Vote: Voice vote
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| Returned: October 18, 1984
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Weber was first nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 17, 1984, to a new judgeship created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Weber's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 26, 1984. On October 18, 1984, pursuant to Rule XXXI, paragraph six of the standing rules of the Senate, Weber's nomination was returned to the president. President Reagan resubmitted Weber's nomination on February 28, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on April 3, 1985, without additional hearings. Weber was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on April 3, 1985, and he received his commission on April 4, 1985. Weber elected to take senior status on January 1, 2002.[1][2][3] Weber was succeeded in this position by Judge Thomas Rose.
See also
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat 98 Stat. 333 |
Southern District of Ohio 1985–2002 Seat #7 |
Succeeded by: Thomas Rose
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| 1981 |
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| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
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
