Raner Collins
Raner Collins is afederal judge onsenior status for theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona. He joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton (D). Collins retired from full-time service, assuming senior status, on March 3, 2019.[1]
On September 3, 2013, Collins became the chief judge afterRoslyn Silver's transition tosenior status. He served as the chief judge from 2013 to 2018.
Collins was succeeded byJohn Hinderaker. PresidentDonald Trump (R) nominated Hinderaker in 2019 and theU.S. Senate confirmed the nomination in 2020.
Early life and education
A native ofArkansas, Collins graduated from Arkansas Polytechnic College with his bachelor's degree in 1973 and later graduated from the University of Arizona College of Law with hisJ.D. in 1975.
Professional career
- 1975-1981, 1983-1985:Pima County Attorney's Office
- 1983-1985: County attorney
- 1976-1981: Trial attorney
- 1975-1976: Law clerk[1]
Judicial career
- 1998-2019: Judge,District of Arizona
- 2019: Assumedsenior status
- 2013-2018: Chief judge
- 1985-1998:Pima County Superior Court
- 1988-1998: Superior court judge
- 1985-1988: Superior court judge pro tempore
- 1981-1983: City magistrate, Tucson City Court[1]
Federal judicial nomination
District of Arizona
Collins was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton (D) on May 11, 1998, to a seat vacated byWilliam Browning as Browing assumedsenior status. Collins was confirmed by the U.S.Senate on July 31, 1998 on a majority voice vote and received commission onAugust 3, 1998.[2] Collins served as the chief judge from 2013 to 2018. He retired from full-time service, assumingsenior status, on March 3, 2019.[1]
Collins was succeeded byJohn Hinderaker. PresidentDonald Trump (R) nominated Hinderaker in 2019 and theU.S. Senate confirmed the nomination in 2020.
Noteworthy cases
English in Arizona schools (2009)
Judge Collins presided in a case involving the legality of the extent of how English is taught in Arizona public schools. On December 21, 2009, the judge rejected a claim from the Arizona Department of Public Instruction and theArizona Legislature over teaching methods of English in the Nogales Unified School District.[3]
Collins dismissed the claim, stating there was not enough to evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the school district's teaching methods violated federal standards.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Browning | District of Arizona 1998–2019 Seat #1 | Succeeded by: John Hinderaker |
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| 1993 | Adams •Ambrose •Barnes •Brinkema •Bucklew •Chasanow •Coffman •Daughtrey •Ferguson •Ginsburg •Hagen •Jackson •Lancaster •Leval •Lindsay •Messitte •Michael •Piersol •Saris •Schwartz •Seybert •Shanahan •Shaw •Stearns •Trager •Vazquez •Wilken •Wilson | ||
| 1994 | Baer •Barkett •Batts •Beaty •Benavides •Bennett •Berrigan •Biery •Block •Borman •Breyer •Briones •Bryson •Bucklo •Burgess •Burrage •Cabranes •Calabresi •Carr •Casellas •Castillo •Chatigny •Chin •Cindrich •Coar •Collins •Cooper •Cote •Currie •Davis •Dominguez •Downes •Duval •Friedman •Furgeson •Garcia •Gertner •Gettleman •Gillmor •Gilmore •Gleeson •Haggerty •Hamilton •Hannah •Hawkins •Henry •Holmes •Hood •Hull •Hurley •Jack •Jones •Jones •Kaplan •Katz •Kern •Kessler •Koeltl •Lisi •Manning •McKee •McLaughlin •Melancon •Miles-LaGrange •Moore •Motz •Murphy •O'Malley •O'Meara •Oliver •Paez •B. Parker •F. Parker •R. Parker •Perry •Ponsor •Pooler •Porteous •Rendell • Riley •Robertson •Rogers •Ross •Russell •Sands •Sarokin •Scheindlin •Silver •Squatrito •Stewart •Sullivan •Tatel •Thompson •Timlin •Urbina •Vanaskie •Vance •Walls •Wells •Williams | ||
| 1995 | Arterton •Atlas •Black •Blake •Briscoe •Tena Campbell •Todd Campbell •Chesney •Cole •Collier •Daniel •Davis •Dennis •Dlott •Donald •Duffy •Economus •Evans •Fallon •Folsom •Gaughan •Goodwin •Heartfield •Hunt •Illston •Jones •King •Kornmann •Lawson •Lenard •Lucero •Lynch •McKinley •Moody •Moore •Moskowitz •Murphy •Murtha •Nugent •O'Toole •Orlofsky •Pogue •Sessions •C. Smith •O. Smith •Stein •Thornburg •Tunheim •Wallach •Wardlaw •Webber •Whaley •Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 | Broadwater •Clevert •Fenner •Gershon •Gottschall •Greenaway •Hinkle •Jones •Kahn •Laughrey •Lemmon •Marten •Miller •Molloy •Montgomery •Pregerson •Rakoff •Sargus •Tashima •Thomas •Zapata | ||
| 1997 | Adelman •Bataillon •Breyer •Caputo •Casey •Chambers •Clay •Damrell •Droney •Friedman •Gajarsa •Garland •Gilman •Gold •Gwin •Hall •Hayden •Hull •Ishii •Jenkins •Kauffman •Kennedy •Kimball •Kollar-Kotelly •Lazzara •Marbley •Marcus •Middlebrooks •Miller •Moon •Pratt •Rendell •Sippel •Siragusa •Snyder •Thrash | ||
| 1998 | Aiken •Barbier •Barzilay •Berman •Buttram •Carter •Collins •Dawson •Dimitrouleas •Fletcher •Fogel •Frank •Graber •Hellerstein •Herndon •James •Johnson •Kane •Kelly •G. King •R. King •Lasnik •Lee •Lemelle •Lindsay •Lipez •Manella •Matz •McCuskey •McKeown •McMahon •Mickle •Mollway •Mordue •Moreno •Morrow •Munley •Murphy •Pallmeyer •Pauley •Polster •Pooler •Rawlinson •Ridgway •R. Roberts •V. Roberts •Sack •Scott •Seitz •Seymour •Shea •Silverman •Sleet •Sotomayor •Steeh •Story •Straub •Tagle •Tarnow •Trauger •Traxler •Tyson •Wardlaw •Whelan •Young | ||
| 1999 | Alsup •Barry •Brown •Buchwald •Cooper •Eaton •Ellison •Feess •Fisher •Gould •Guzman •Haynes •Hibbler •Hochberg •Hurd •Huvelle •Jordan •Katzmann •Kennelly •Linn •Lorenz •Lynn •Marrero •Murguia •Pannell •Pechman •Pepper •Phillips •Schreier •Stewart •Underhill •Ward •Williams •Wilson | ||
| 2000 | Ambro •Antoon •Battani •Berzon •Bolton •Brady •Bye •Cavanaugh •Daniels •Darrah •Dawson •Dyk •Fuentes •Garaufis •Garcia-Gregory •Hamilton •Huck •Hunt •Lawson •Lefkow •Lynch •Martin •McLaughlin •Moody •Murguia •Paez •Pisano •Presnell •Rawlinson •Reagan •Schiller •Singal •Steele •Surrick •Swain •Tallman •Teilborg •Tucker •Whittemore | ||
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