Myron H. Thompson
Myron Herbert Thompson | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | |
Assumed office August 22, 2013 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | |
In office 1991–1998 | |
Preceded by | Truman McGill Hobbs |
Succeeded by | William Harold Albritton III |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | |
In office September 29, 1980 – August 22, 2013 | |
Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Frank Minis Johnson |
Succeeded by | Emily Coody Marks |
Personal details | |
Born | Myron Herbert Thompson 1947 (age 76–77) Tuskegee, Alabama |
Education | Yale College (B.A.) Yale Law School (J.D.) |
Myron Herbert Thompson (born 1947) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
Education and career
Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Thompson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1972. He was an Assistant Attorney General of Alabama from 1972 to 1974, and was then in private practice in Dothan, Alabama until 1980.
Federal judicial service
On September 17, 1980, Thompson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama vacated by Judge Frank Minis Johnson. Thompson was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1980, and received his commission on September 29, 1980. He served as Chief Judge from 1991 to 1998. He took senior status on August 22, 2013.[1]
Notable case
In a 2014 ruling, Thompson ruled an Alabama law regulating abortion unconstitutional, in Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., v. Strange (also known as Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., v. Bentley), citing the undue burden standard.[2][3]
References
- ^ Montgomery Advertiser, "Federal judge Myron Thompson moves to senior status; Obama to appoint successor," August 24, 2013 Archived August 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CNN.com: Federal judge: Abortion like right to bear arms
- ^ Opinion, from U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Sources
- Myron Herbert Thompson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.