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Anthony Scirica
2013 - Present
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Anthony Joseph Scirica is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. He joined the court in 1987 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. From 2003 to 2010, he served as chief judge of the Third Circuit.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Norristown, Pennsylvania, Scirica graduated from Wesleyan University with his bachelor's degree in 1962 and from the University of Michigan School of Law with his J.D. in 1965. Scirica was a Fulbright Scholar at Central University in Caracas, Venezuela in 1966.[1]
Professional career
- 2013-present: Senior fellow, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- 1987-present: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- 2013-present: Senior judge
- 2010-2013: Judge
- 2003-2010: Chief judge
- 1987-2003: Judge
- 1984-1987: Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- 1980-1984: Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- 1971-1979: Pennsylvania state representative
- 1967-1969: Assistant district attorney, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- 1966-1980: Private practice, Norristown, Pa.
- 1966:Fulbright scholar, Central University, Caracas, Venezuela[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Anthony J. Scirica |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 40 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: June 26, 1987
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: July 21, 1987
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| Reported: July 31, 1987
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| Confirmed: August 5, 1987
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Scirica was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on June 26, 1987, to a seat vacated by Judge Ruggero Aldisert. Hearings on Scirica's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 21, 1987, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on July 31, 1987. Scirica was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on August 5, 1987, and he received his commission the next day. From 2003 to 2010, Scirica served as chief judge of the Third Circuit. He assumed senior status on July 1, 2013.[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Felipe Restrepo.
Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania
Scirica was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President Ronald Reagan on June 19, 1984, to a seat vacated by Judge John Hannum. Hearings on Scirica's nomination were held on July 26, 1984, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on August 9, 1984. Scirica was confirmed on a voice vote of September 17, 1984, and he received his commission the next day. Scirica resigned from the district court on September 11, 1987, upon his elevation to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][3] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Lowell Reed.
Awards and associations
- 2009: Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award, American Judicature Society[4]
Noteworthy cases
Carl Lewis and N.J. Senator candidate residency requirements (2011)
Scirica was a member of a special panel of judges from the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals that determined whether or not Olympic runner and New Jersey Senate candidate Carl Lewis would be allowed to remain on the ballot after being removed by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno over a residency dispute. Guadagno removed Lewis from the ballot saying that he failed to satisfy the four year residency requirement.[5] Initially, a decision in Lewis' favor was made, and the court ordered his name be put back on the ballot. Judge Scirica dissented from that decision. Eventually, the defendants appealed, and ultimately Judge Scirica, Judge Thomas Vanaskie and Judge Thomas Ambro ruled that Lewis' name may be left off the ballot because he did not show that the State officials had treated him unequally with regards to the residency requirement.[6]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed December 9, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 465 — Anthony J. Scirica — The Judiciary," accessed December 9, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 960 — Anthony J. Scirica — The Judiciary," accessed December 9, 2016
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Devitt Award," archived December 24, 2010
- ↑ New York Times, "Carl Lewis Is Put Back on Ballot," September 14, 2011
- ↑ Reuters, "Olympian Carl Lewis quits state senate race in New Jersey," September 23, 2011
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Hannum |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1984–1987 Seat #3T |
Succeeded by: Lowell Reed |
| Preceded by: Ruggero Aldisert |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1987–2013 |
Succeeded by: NA
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Wendy Beetlestone • Paul Diamond • Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania) • Mitchell Goldberg • Jeffrey L. Schmehl • Chad F. Kenney, Sr. • Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro • John M. Younge • Gail Weilheimer • Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr. • Mark A. Kearney • Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. • Gerald J. Pappert • Mia Roberts Perez • Kelley Hodge • Joshua Wolson • Karen Marston • John Gallagher (Pennsylvania federal judicial nominee) • John Frank Murphy • Catherine Henry • Mary Kay Costello | ||
| Senior judges |
Harvey Bartle • Robert Kelly (Pennsylvania) • Jan DuBois • Ronald Buckwalter • William Yohn • John Padova Sr. • Eduardo Robreno • Anita Brody • Petrese Tucker • Berle Schiller • Richard Surrick • Legrome Davis • Cynthia Rufe • Michael Baylson • Tim Savage • Darnell Jones • Joel Slomsky • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Carol Wells • Timothy Rice • David Strawbridge • Elizabeth Hey • Lynne Sitarski • Scott Reid • Marilyn Heffley • Richard A. Lloret • Pamela Carlos • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
William Ditter • John Fullam • Louis Pollak • Norma Shapiro • Lowell Reed • James Giles • Thomas O'Neill (Pennsylvania) • Bruce Kauffman • Curtis Joyner • Mary McLaughlin • James Gardner (Pennsylvania) • Gene Pratter • Lawrence Stengel • Thomas Golden • Felipe Restrepo • William Lewis (Pennsylvania) • Richard Peters • Joseph Hopkinson • Archibald Randall • John Kintzing Kane • John Cadwalader • William Butler • Anthony Scirica • Franklin Van Antwerpen • Marjorie Rendell • John Bayard McPherson • James Buchanan Holland • Joseph Whitaker Thompson • Oliver Booth Dickinson • Charles Louis McKeehan • William Huntington Kirkpatrick • Herbert Hutton • Daniel Huyett • Harry Kalodner • James M. Kelly (Pennsylvania) • Marvin Katz • John Whitaker Lord • Joseph Simon Lord • Alfred Luongo • George Austin Welsh • Albert Maris • Guy Bard • Louis Bechtle • Edward Becker • Ralph Body • Raymond Broderick • Edward Cahn • Thomas Clary • John Morgan Davis (Pennsylvania) • Thomas Egan (Pennsylvania) • Herbert Fogel • Frederick Follmer • Abraham Freedman • James Ganey • Francis Van Dusen • Aloyisus Higginbotham • Robert Gawthrop • James Gorbey • Clifford Green • Allan Grim • John Hannum • Charles William Kraft • Thomas Masterson • Joseph McGlynn • James McGranery • Clarence Newcomer • Emanuel Mac Troutman • Jay Waldman • Charles Weiner • Harold Wood • Donald Van Artsdalen • Edward G. Smith • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Harvey Bartle • John Fullam • James Giles • Curtis Joyner • Petrese Tucker • Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania) • William Huntington Kirkpatrick • Mitchell Goldberg • John Whitaker Lord • Joseph Simon Lord • Alfred Luongo • Louis Bechtle • Edward Cahn • Thomas Clary • James Ganey • | ||
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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 | ||
