Herbert Theodore Milburn

Herbert Milburn
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office July 1, 1996 – April 1, 2016
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office October 4, 1984 – July 1, 1996
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Seat established by 98 Stat. 333
Succeeded by	Ronald Lee Gilman
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
In office January 15, 1984 – October 9, 1984
Preceded by	Frank Wiley Wilson
Succeeded by	Thomas Gray Hull
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
In office June 7, 1983 – October 9, 1984
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Charles Gelbert Neese
Succeeded by	Robert Allan Edgar
Personal details
Born	Herbert Theodore Milburn (1931-05-26)May 26, 1931 Cleveland, Tennessee
Died	April 1, 2016(2016-04-01) (aged 84) Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Education	East Tennessee State University (BS) University of Tennessee College of Law (JD)

Herbert Theodore Milburn or H. Ted Milburn (May 26, 1931 – April 1, 2016) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and later a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Education and career

Born in Cleveland, Tennessee, Milburn graduated from Chattanooga City High School in 1949. He attended University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Boston University before receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in education from East Tennessee State University in 1953. He was in the United States Army for three years from 1953 to 1956 with the Signal Corps at Camp Gordon, Georgia and the Security agency. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1959, and was in private practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee from then until 1973. He was a judge on the Circuit Court of Hamilton County, Tennessee, Division III from 1973 to 1983.

Federal judicial service

Milburn was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on April 14, 1983, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee vacated by Judge Charles Gelbert Neese. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 6, 1983, and received commission on June 7, 1983. He served as Chief Judge from January 15, 1984 to October 9, 1984. His service terminated on October 9, 1984, due to elevation to the court of appeals.

Milburn was nominated by President Reagan on September 6, 1984, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 3, 1984, and received commission on October 4, 1984. He assumed senior status due to a certified disability on July 1, 1996. His service terminated on April 1, 2016, due to death.

Death

Milburn died on April 1, 2016, at the Alexian Village Retirement Community, in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.

Sources

• Herbert Theodore Milburn at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.