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Malachy Mannion
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 27, 2012
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byRichard Caputo
Personal details
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Montreal, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Scranton
Pace University

Malachy Edward Mannion (born 1953) is a judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Biography

Mannion was born in 1953 in Montreal, Canada.[1] He graduated from the Scranton Preparatory School in 1972.[2] He received his B.S. degree in 1976 from the University of Scranton. He received his J.D. in 1979 from the Pace University School of Law.

He began his career as an associate at the law firm of Bartels, Pykett & Aronwald (now Aronwald & Pykett). From 1980 to 1986, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Nassau County District Attorney's Office. He spent most of the period from 1986 to 2001 serving as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, except from 1993 to 1997, during which he was a partner at the law firm of Hourigan, Kluger, Spohrer & Quinn PC.

Mannion was appointed a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on January 4, 2001, serving until his appointment as district judge.[3][4] Additionally, he held the office of Chief Magistrate Judge of the District Court from 2011 to 2012.[5]

Federal judicial service

On May 17, 2012, President Obama nominated Mannion to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard Caputo, who took senior status in 2009. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination on June 27, 2012, and reported it to the floor on July 19, 2012.[6] The Senate confirmed his nomination by unanimous consent on December 21, 2012. He received his commission on December 27, 2012.

References

  1. ^ Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire
  2. ^ Official Biography from the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  3. ^ Nomination announcement from whitehouse.gov
  4. ^ Official Biography from the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  5. ^ Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire
  6. ^ Nomination announcement from whitehouse.gov
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
2012–present 		Incumbent
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