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American judge (born 1964)
Daniel Porter Jordan III
(born November 20, 1964) is the
chief United States district judge
of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
.
Education and career
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Jordan was born in
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
. He received a
Bachelor of Business Administration
degree from the
University of Mississippi
in 1987 and a
Juris Doctor
from the
University of Virginia Law School
in 1993.
[1]
He was in private practice in
Jackson, Mississippi
, from 1993 to 2006.
[2]
Federal judicial service
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On April 24, 2006, Jordan was nominated by President
George W. Bush
to a seat on the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
vacated by Judge
Tom Stewart Lee
.
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Jordan was confirmed by the
United States Senate
on July 20, 2006,
[4]
and received his commission on August 7, 2006.
[2]
He became chief judge on November 4, 2017.
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