Raner Collins | |
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.jpg) Collins in 2018 | |
| Senior Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
| Assumed office March 4, 2019 | |
| Chief Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
| In office September 3, 2013 – September 4, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Roslyn O. Silver |
| Succeeded by | G. Murray Snow |
| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
| In office August 3, 1998 – March 4, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | William Docker Browning |
| Succeeded by | John C. Hinderaker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Raner Christercunean Collins 1952 (age 72–73) Malvern, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Education | Arkansas Polytechnic College (BA) University of Arizona (JD) |
Raner Christercunean Collins (born 1952) is aseniorUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Born inMalvern, Arkansas, Collins received aBachelor of Arts degree fromArkansas Polytechnic College (now Arkansas Tech University) in 1973 and aJuris Doctor from theUniversity of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) in 1975. He was alaw clerk in thePima County, Arizona Attorney's Office from 1975 to 1976, and then a trial attorney for that office until 1981. He was a city magistrate for the City ofTucson Court from 1981 to 1983, thereafter returning to Pima County Attorney's Office as a county attorney until 1985. He was a superior court judge pro tempore of the Pima County Superior Court from 1985 to 1988, and a superior court judge there from 1988 to 1998.
On May 11, 1998, Collins was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by JudgeWilliam Docker Browning. Collins was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on July 31, 1998, and received his commission on August 3, 1998. He became Chief Judge on September 3, 2013, succeeding previous Chief JudgeRoslyn O. Silver who tooksenior status. He finished his term as Chief Judge on September 4, 2018. He assumedsenior status on March 4, 2019.[1]
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On January 11, 2011, following the death of Chief Judge John Roll in the2011 Tucson shooting, Collins ordered that the judges of the District of Arizona, all of whom knew Roll well, could not preside over the prosecution of the alleged murderer.
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona 1998–2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chief Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona 2013–2018 | Succeeded by |
