Hugh B. Scott
Hugh B. Scott | |
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| United States Magistrate Judge of the Western District of New York | |
| Assumed office 1995 | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Amherst, New York |
Hugh B. Scott (born 1949 in Amherst, New York) is a Magistrate Judge of United States District Court for the Western District of New York. He was appointed United States Magistrate Judge on June 1, 1995.[1]
Scott was the first African American to become assistant attorney general in charge in Western New York, as well as the first African American to become assistant United States Attorney, assistant corporation counsel and assistant county attorney. At age 32, Scott was elected to the Buffalo City Court. He was re-elected to another 10-year term before leaving the position to become the first African American to sit on the federal bench in the Western District of New York.[2]
Scott received his B.A. from Niagara University in 1971 and his J.D. from the University at Buffalo Law School in 1974.
References
- ^ "Uncrowned King: Hugh B. Scott". Archived from the original on 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ Judge Hugh B. Scott to be Honored by Buffalo Law Review
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