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Malcolm Howard
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2005 - Present
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Malcolm Jones Howard is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He joined the court in 1988 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Howard also served on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from May 19, 2005, until May 18, 2012.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Kinston, North Carolina, Howard graduated from the U.S. Military Academy with his bachelor's degree in 1962 and from the Wake Forest University School of Law with his J.D. in 1970.[1]
Military service
Howard served in the U.S. Army as a major from 1962 to 1972.[1]
Professional career
- 2005 - Present: Senior judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- 2005-2012: Judge, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
- 1988-2005: Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- 1986-1988: Civilian aide, Secretary of the Army
- 1975-1988: Private practice, Greenville, N.C.
- 1974: Deputy special counsel, Executive Office of the President
- 1973-1974: Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina
- 1972: General counsel, Dixon Marketing, Inc., Kinston, N.C.
- 1971-1972: Legislative counsel, Secretary of the Army[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of North Carolina
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Malcolm J. Howard |
| Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 168 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: September 10, 1987
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: February 17, 1988
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: February 24, 1988
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| Confirmed: February 25, 1988
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| Vote: Unanimous consent
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Howard was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 10, 1987, to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Howard's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 17, 1988, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. West Virginia (D-W.Va.) on behalf of then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on February 24, 1988. Howard was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on February 25, 1988, and he received his commission the next day. He elected to take senior status beginning on December 31, 2005. As of May 25, 2017, no successor to Judge Howard's position had been confirmed, making this vacancy the longest current vacant seat in the federal judiciary.[1][2][3]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Howard served on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2005 to 2012.[1]
See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat 98 Stat. 333 |
Eastern District of North Carolina 1988-2005 |
Succeeded by: Richard Myers II
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Sara LioiChief Judge: Timothy DeGiusti • George Singal • Joan Ericksen • Kenneth Karas • Anthony Trenga • Louis Guirola • Karin J. Immergut • Amit Priyavadan Mehta | ||
| Former judges |
James Zagel • Jennifer Coffman • Thomas Russell • Dennis Saylor • Raymond Dearie • Robert Kugler • Mary McLaughlin • Claire Eagan • Anne Conway • Clyde Roger Vinson • William Stafford • Liam O'Grady • James Jones (Federal judge) • Malcolm Howard • Martin Feldman • Michael Mosman • Thomas Hogan • Rosemary Collyer • Reggie Walton • John Bates • Susan Webber Wright • James E. Boasberg • Rudolph Contreras • John Tharp, Jr. • | ||
| Former chief judges | |||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 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:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina
State courts:
Supreme Court of North Carolina • North Carolina Court of Appeals • North Carolina Superior Courts • North Carolina District Courts
State resources:
Courts in North Carolina • North Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in North Carolina
