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Diana Motz
2022 - Present
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Diana Jane Gribbon Motz is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. She joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). Prior to joining the Fourth Circuit, Judge Motz was an associate judge on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.[1]
On December 13, 2021, Motz announced that she would assume senior status upon the confirmation of her successor.[2]
Biography
Education
Motz graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor's degree in 1965, and from the University of Virginia School of Law with her J.D. in 1968.[1]
Professional career
- 1991-1994: Associate judge, Maryland Court of Special Appeals
- 1986-1991: Private practice, Baltimore, Md.
- 1972-1986: Office of the Attorney General of Maryland
- 1982-1986: Chief of litigation
- 1972-1986: Assistant attorney general
- 1968-1971: Private practice, Baltimore, Md.[1]
Judicial career
4th Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Diana Gribbon Motz |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 139 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: January 27, 1994
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: May 25, 1994
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: June 14, 1994
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| Confirmed: June 15, 1994
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Motz was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1994, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. The American Bar Association rated Motz Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[3] Hearings on Motz's nomination were held on May 25, 1994, and her nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on June 14, 1994. Motz was confirmed in the U.S. Senate on a voice vote on June 15, 1994, and she received her commission on June 16, 1994.[1][4]
Noteworthy cases
Sheriff not entitled to qualified immunity (2013)
- See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (Durham v. Jones, et al, 12-2303)
- See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (Durham v. Jones, et al, 12-2303)
On December 10, 2013, a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit found that Sheriff Robert Jones, who fired a deputy in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights, was not entitled to qualified immunity and must answer to the $1.1 million jury award established in a federal district trial court.[5] The three-judge panel included Judge Diana Motz, Judge Roger Gregory, and Senior Judge Andre Davis.
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Judge Motz's biography from the Fourth Circuit's website
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Motz, Diana Jane Gribbon," accessed December 14, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Courts, "Future Judicial Vacancies," accessed December 14, 2021
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 103rd Congress," accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1042 - Diana Gribbon Motz - The Judiciary," accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ Courthouse News Service, "Sheriff On Hook to Pay $1.1 Million Jury Award," December 11, 2013
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 1994-2022 |
Succeeded by Nicole Berner |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 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 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
