Catherine D. Perry

Catherine D. Perry
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
In office 2009 – January 3, 2016
Preceded by	Carol E. Jackson
Succeeded by	Rodney W. Sippel
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Incumbent
Assumed office October 7, 1994
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Clyde S. Cahill Jr.
United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
In office 1990–1994
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 71–72) Hobart, Oklahoma, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma Washington University School of Law

Catherine D. Perry (born 1952) is a district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Born in Hobart, Oklahoma, Perry received a B.A. from University of Oklahoma in 1977, and a J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 1980. After graduation she became an adjunct professor of law at Washington University School of Law, and taught there intermittently from 1981 to 1994. She also served as a magistrate judge at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri from 1990 to 1994.

On July 15, 1994, Perry was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri vacated by Clyde S. Cahill. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 6, 1994, and received her commission the following day. She served as Chief Judge from 2009-2016.

On August 18, 2014 Perry denied motions by the ACLU for temporary restraining orders against six police officers to prevent the enforcement of a 5-second rule in Ferguson, MO. Perry cited the need for law enforcement's protection of property and the availability of a "free-speech zone". However, at the time of this ruling the free speech zone was off-limits to the public.

Sources

• Catherine D. Perry at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.