Patricia C. Fawsett
Patricia C. Fawsett | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
| Assumed office August 25, 2008 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
| In office 2003–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth A. Kovachevich |
| Succeeded by | Anne C. Conway |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
| In office June 9, 1986 – August 25, 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | John A. Reed Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Mary Stenson Scriven |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1943 (age 80–81) Montreal, Canada |
| Education | University of Florida (B.A., M.A.T.) Fredric G. Levin College of Law (J.D.) |
Patricia C. Fawsett (born 1943) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Education and career
Fawsett was born in 1943 in Montreal, Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida in 1965, her Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Florida in 1966, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law in 1973. Fawsett was in private practice in Orlando, Florida from 1973 to 1986.[1]
Federal judicial service
President Ronald Reagan nominated Fawsett to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on April 9, 1986, to the seat vacated by Judge John A. Reed Jr.. Confirmed by the Senate on June 6, 1986, she received her commission three days later. She served as Chief Judge of the court from 2003 to 2008. She took senior status on August 25, 2008.[1]
Famous sentence imposed by Patricia C. Fawsett
Judge Patricia C. Fawsett sentenced Keith Pound 740 years after being convicted on 76 counts and Sholam Weiss 845 years after being convicted on 93 counts, for financial crimes of money-laundering and fraud scheme against National Heritage Life Insurance. [2] [3] [4] She also sentenced Erin Sharma, a federal corrections officer who deliberately arranged to move an alleged inmate informant into the cell of a notoriously violent inmate, resulting in his fatal beating, was sentenced to life in prison Ex-corrections officer gets life in prison
Reference
- ^ a b "Fawsett, Patricia C. - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-03-28/business/0003270298_1_langer-insurance-swindle-sentenced
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/09/nyregion/845-years-prison-if-authorities-can-catch-him-fbi-says-fugitive-has-flair-for.html
- ^ Is 150 Years Appropriate, or Just Silly Is 150 years appropriate or just silly
Sources
- Patricia C. Fawsett at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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