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American judge (born 1963)
Charles Robert Eskridge III
[2]
(born April 23, 1963) is a
United States district judge
of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
.
Education
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Eskridge earned his
Bachelor of Science
,
magna cum laude
, from
Trinity University
and his
Juris Doctor
,
summa cum laude
, from
Pepperdine University School of Law
. While in law school, he served as an editor of the
Pepperdine Law Review
.
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Career
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Eskridge in 2018
Upon graduation from law school, Eskridge served as a
law clerk
to Judge
Charles Clark
of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
and to Justice
Byron White
of the
Supreme Court of the United States
. From 1994 to 2019, he was in private practice. He previously spent over two decades in the
Houston, Texas
, office of
Susman Godfrey
and then was partner at
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
.
[3]
Eskridge serves as an
adjunct professor
at the
University of Houston Law Center
, teaching a course on the origins of the federal constitution.
[3]
Eskridge has been a member of the
Federalist Society
since August 2013.
[4]
Federal judicial service
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On May 3, 2019, President
Donald Trump
announced his intent to nominate Eskridge to serve as a
United States district judge
for the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
. On May 13, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Eskridge to the seat vacated by Judge
Gray H. Miller
, who assumed
senior status
on December 9, 2018.
[5]
On June 5, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the
Senate Judiciary Committee
.
[6]
On June 27, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 15?7 vote.
[7]
On October 16, 2019, the
United States Senate
invoked cloture on his nomination by a 61?29 vote.
[8]
His nomination was confirmed later that day by a 61?31 vote.
[9]
He received his judicial commission on October 17, 2019.
[10]
He took his seat on October 22, 2019.
[11]
See also
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References
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- ^
Hubbell, Martindale (April 2003).
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Volume 10; Volume 12; Volume 14
.
Martindale-Hubbell
.
ISBN
9781561605514
.
- ^
Romain v. Walters
- ^
a
b
c
"President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees, United States Attorney Nominee, and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, May 3, 2019
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain
.
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"Charles Eskridge"
.
www.quinnemanuel.com
. Retrieved
2019-05-04
.
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"Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, May 13, 2019
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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for June 5, 2019
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"Results of Executive Business Meeting ? June 27, 2019"
(PDF)
. Senate Judiciary Committee.
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"On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture Charles R. Eskridge III to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas)"
.
United States Senate
. October 16, 2019.
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"On the Nomination (Confirmation: Charles R. Eskridge III, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas)"
.
United States Senate
. October 16, 2019.
- ^
Charles R. Eskridge III
at the
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
, a publication of the
Federal Judicial Center
.
- ^
"Biography of Judge Charles R. Eskridge III"
.
www.txs.uscourts.gov
. Southern District of Texas
. Retrieved
2019-12-08
.
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