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Danny Reeves

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Tenure

2025 - Present

Years in position

1

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Years in office: 2001 - 2025

Successor:Chad Meredith (Nonpartisan)

Education

Bachelor's

Eastern Kentucky University, 1978

Law

Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, 1981

Personal

Birthplace

Corbin, KY

Contact

Official website

Danny C. Reeves is anfederal judge onsenior status on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He joined the court in 2001 after being nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush.^[1] He assumedsenior status on February 1, 2025.^[2]

Early life and education

A native of Corbin,Kentucky, Reeves graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with his bachelor's degree in 1978, and from Northern Kentucky University's Salmon P. Chase College of Law with hisJ.D. in 1981.^[1]

Professional career

• 2001-2025: Federal judge,United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
  • 2019-2025: Chief judge
  • 2025-Present:Senior judge
• 1983-2001: Private practice, Commonwealth ofKentucky
• 1981-1983: Law clerk, Hon.Eugene Siler, U.S. District Court for theEastern District andWestern District of Kentucky^[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Kentucky

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name:
Court:United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Progress
Confirmed 126 days after nomination.
ANominated: August 2, 2001
AABA Rating:Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: November 7, 2001
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: November 29, 2001
AConfirmed: December 6, 2001
AVote: Voice vote
AReturned: August 3, 2001

Reeves was first nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush on August 2, 2001, to a new seat created by 114 Stat. 2762. Under Rule XXXI, paragraph six of the standing rules of theUnited States Senate, the nomination was returned to the president on August 3, 2001. President Bush resubmitted the nomination on September 4, 2001. TheAmerican Bar Association rated ReevesSubstantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified for the nomination.^[3] Hearings on Reeves' nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 7, 2001, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen.Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on November 29, 2001. Reeves was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on December 6, 2001, and he received his commission on December 10, 2001.^[1][4][5] He assumedsenior status on February 1, 2025.^[2]

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Reeves' homepage from theEastern Districtwebsite
• Judge Reeves' biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Active judges	•  Karen Caldwell  •  David Bunning  •  Gregory F. Van Tatenhove  •  Robert Wier  •  Claria Horn Boom  •  Chad Meredith
Senior judges	William Bertelsman  •  Joseph Hood  •  Danny Reeves  •
Magistrate judges	Edward Atkins  •  Candace Smith  •  Hanly Ingram  •  Matthew Stinnett  •
Former Article III judges	Jennifer Coffman  •  Green Wix Unthank  •  Henry Wilhoit  •  Karl Forester  •  Amul Thapar  •  Andrew McConnell January Cochran  •  Hiram Church Ford  •  Mac Swinford  •  Eugene Siler  •  David Hermansdorfer  •  Bernard Moynahan  •  Scott Reed (Kentucky)  •
Former Chief judges	Jennifer Coffman  •  William Bertelsman  •  Henry Wilhoit  •  Karl Forester  •  Joseph Hood  •  Hiram Church Ford  •  Mac Swinford  •  Eugene Siler  •  Bernard Moynahan  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge W. Bush
2001	Armijo •Bates •Beistline •Blackburn •Bowdre •Bunning •Bury •Caldwell •Camp •Cassell •Cebull •Clement •Clifton •Crane •Eagan •Engelhardt •Friot •Gibbons •Granade •Gregory •Gritzner •Haddon •Hartz •Heaton •Hicks •Howard •Johnson •Jorgenson •Krieger •Land •Leon •Mahan •Martinez •Martone •McConnell •Melloy •Mills •O'Brien •Parker •Payne •Prost •Reeves •Riley •Robinson •Rogers •Royal •Shedd •B. Smith •L. Smith •Walton •Wooten •Zainey
2002	Africk •Anderson •Autrey •Baylson •Cercone •Chesler •Clark •Collyer •Conner •Conti •Corrigan •Davis •Davis •Dorr •England •Ericksen •Fuller •Gardner •Godbey •Griesbach •Hanen •Hovland •Hudson •Jones •Jordan •Kinkeade •Klausner •Kugler •Leighton •Linares •Moses •Marra •Martinez •Martini •Mays •McVerry •Phillips •Raggi •Reade •Rose •Rufe •Savage •Schwab •Smith •St. Eve •Walter •White •Wolfson
2003	Adams •Altonaga •Bea •Benitez •Bennett •Boyle •Brack •Breen •Browning •Burns •Bybee •Callahan •Campbell •Cardone •Carney •Castel •Chertoff •Cohn •Colloton •Conrad •Coogler •Cook •Cooke •Crone •Der-Yeghiayan •Drell •Duffey •Duncan •Erickson •Feuerstein •Figa •Filip •Fischer •Fisher •Flanagan •Floyd •Frost •Gibson •Greer •Gruender •Guirola •Hall •Hardiman •Hayes •Herrera •Hicks •Holmes •Holwell •Hopkins •Houston •Irizarry •Jones •Junell •Karas •Kravitz •Martinez •McKnight •Minaldi •Montalvo •Mosman •Otero •Pickering •Prado •Pratter •Proctor •Quarles •Robart •Roberts •Robinson •Rodgers •Rodriguez •Sabraw •Sanchez •Saylor •Selna •Sharpe •Simon •Springmann •Stanceu •Steele •Stengel •Suko •Sutton •Sykes •Titus •Townes •Tymkovich •Van Antwerpen •Varlan •Wake •Wesley •White •Woodcock • Yeakel
2004	Alvarez •Benton •Boyko •Covington •Diamond •Harwell •Kelley •Schiavelli •Schneider •Starrett •Watson
2005	Alito •Barrett •Batten •Bianco •Brown •Burgess •Conrad •Cox •Crotty •Delgado-Colon •Dever •DuBose •Griffin •Griffith •Johnston •Kendall •Larson •Ludington •Mattice •McKeague •Neilson •Owen •Pryor •Roberts •Sandoval •Schiltz •Seabright •Smoak •Van Tatenhove •Vitaliano •Watkins •Zouhary
2006	Besosa •Bumb •Chagares •Cogan •Gelpi •Golden •Gordon •Gorsuch •Guilford •Hillman •Holmes •Ikuta •D. Jordan •K. Jordan •Kavanaugh •Miller •Moore •Shepherd •Sheridan •Smith •Whitney •Wigenton
2007	Anderson •Aycock •Bailey •Bryant •Davis •DeGiusti •Dow •Elrod •Fairbank •Fischer •Frizzell •Gutierrez •Hall •Hardiman •Haynes •Howard •Jarvey •Jones •Jonker •Kapala •Kays •Laplante •Limbaugh •Lioi •Livingston •Maloney •Mauskopf •Mendez •Miller •Neff •O'Connor •O'Grady •O'Neill •Osteen •Ozerden •Reidinger •Sammartino •Schroeder •Settle •Smith •Snow •Southwick •Suddaby •Sullivan •Thapar •Tinder •Van Bokkelen •Wood •Wright •Wu
2008	Agee •Anello •Arguello •Brimmer •Gardephe •Goldberg •Jones •Kethledge •Lawrence •Matsumoto •Melgren •Murphy •Scriven •Seibel •Slomsky •Trenga •Waddoups •White