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Matthew Perry
Matthew James Perry, Jr. was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. He joined the court in 1979 after a nomination from President Jimmy Carter. Prior to joining, Perry served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He passed away in July 2011.[1][2]
Education
Perry received his undergraduate and law degrees from South Carolina State College in 1948 and 1951, respectively.[2]
Military service
Perry served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946.[2]
Professional career
Perry work in the private practice of law from 1951 to 1976. From 1976 to 1979, he was a member of the United States Court of Military Appeals.[2]
Judicial career
District of South Carolina
Perry was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on July 5, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 19, 1979, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1995. Perry served until his death on July 29, 2011.[3]
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Perry was appointed to an Article I position for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces by President Gerald Ford. He joined the court on February 18, 1976 and left on September 22, 1979, after a nomination to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.[2]
Noteworthy cases
Rosenberg threat case
Stephen Rosenberg was charged on July 16, 2009, for issuing death threats towards Judge Perry. The threats came after Rosenberg appeared in front of Judge Perry as part of a civil suit Rosenberg filed against the United States. After Rosenberg's appearance, the Virginia man sent numerous e-mails to the judge, including a threat to kill "white judges."[4]
Rosenberg was charged with one count of sending e-mail threats to a judge and one count of trying to intimidate a judge. The Court Security Enhancement Act of 2007 increases criminal penalties for threats towards federal judges.[4]
See also
External links
- The Times and Democrat, "Charm and courage: Judge Perry remembered for steadfast efforts to help," November 9, 2011
- Judge Perry's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Matthew Perry, federal judge and civil rights pioneer, dead at 89," August 1, 2011 (dead link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Matthew Perry Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ The State, "S.C. mourns death of civil-rights ‘giant’," August 1, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Washington Post, "Va. Man Charged With Threatening to Kill White Judges," July 16, 2009
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
District of South Carolina 1979–1995 Seat #6 |
Succeeded by: Patrick Duffy
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
