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Thomas Thrash (Georgia)
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2021 - Present
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Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He joined the court in 1997 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). Thrash served as the chief judge of the court from 2014 to 2021. Thrash assumed senior status on May 8, 2021.[1][2][3]
Biography
Early life and education
Thomas Thrash was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1951. Thrash earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in 1973. He earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1976.[3]
Professional career
From 1976 to 1977 and again from 1981 to 1997, Thrash practiced law as an attorney in the State of Georgia. Thrash served as an assistant district attorney with the Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney's Office from 1977 to 1981. Thrash began teaching law as a professor in 1986 at Georgia State University, where he taught until 1997.[3]
Judicial career
Northern District of Georgia
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Max Cleland, Thrash was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia by President Bill Clinton (D) on January 7, 1997 to a seat vacated by Robert Vining. Thrash was confirmed by the Senate on July 31, 1997 on a majority voice vote and received commission on August 1, 1997.[4]
Thrash assumed senior status on May 8, 2021.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Georgia immigration law (2011)
- See also: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (GEORGIA LATINO ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, et al. v. Nathan Deal, et al., No. 1:11-CV-1804-TWT)
- See also: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (GEORGIA LATINO ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, et al. v. Nathan Deal, et al., No. 1:11-CV-1804-TWT)
On June 27, 2011, Thrash issued an injunction preventing portions of a Georgia immigration law, called overly restrictive by opponents, from going into effect as scheduled. In response to a suit brought against the law by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups, Thrash struck the provisions prohibiting the knowing transport or shelter of illegal aliens and allowing law enforcement to investigate the immigration status of criminal suspects without identification. Though he stated that "the apparent legislative intent [of the law] is to create such a climate of hostility, fear, mistrust and insecurity that all illegal aliens will leave Georgia," he allowed a number of the law's provisions to enter into effect, including criminal penalties for using a fake ID to obtain employment.[5]
See also
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Judge Thrash Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Excerpts from judge's ruling on Georgia's immigration bill," June 27, 2011
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 USCourts.gov, "Future Judicial Vacancies," accessed February 10, 2021
- ↑ Law360, "Atlanta's Chief Judge Plans To Take Senior Status In May," February 10, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Thrash, Thomas W., Jr.," accessed May 10, 2021
- ↑ THOMAS, "Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. USDC, NDGA confirmation:PN24-105," accessed March 23, 2015
- ↑ CNN.com, "Judge blocks key parts of Georgia immigration law," June 28, 2011
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| Preceded by: Robert Vining |
Northern District of Georgia 1997–2021 Seat #8 |
Succeeded by: TBD
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| 1993 |
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| 1994 |
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| 1995 |
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| 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 |
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