Ronald Gilman | |
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| Senior Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| Assumed office November 21, 2010 | |
| Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| In office November 7, 1997 – November 21, 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Herbert Theodore Milburn |
| Succeeded by | Bernice B. Donald |
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| Born | Ronald Lee Gilman (1942-10-16)October 16, 1942 (age 83) |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Harvard University (JD) |
Ronald Lee Gilman (born October 16, 1942 inMemphis,Tennessee) is aSenior United States circuit judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Gilman attended theMassachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964 and received aScientiae Baccalaureus degree in Economics. In 1967, he obtained aJuris Doctor fromHarvard Law School. Gilman privately practiced law in Memphis and became a professor at theUniversity of Memphis School of Law in 1980. In 1988 he became an arbitrator and mediator at theAmerican Arbitration Association. In 1993, Gilman became an arbitrator and mediator at theNational Association of Securities Dealers. He was a referee at the Private Adjudication Center from 1993 to 1997.[1][2]
Gilman was nominated to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by PresidentBill Clinton on July 16, 1997 after the seat had been vacated by JudgeHerbert Theodore Milburn. On November 6, 1997, Gilman was confirmed by theUnited States Senate by a 98-1 vote, with SenatorLauch Faircloth being the lone senator voting against him.[3] He received his commission on November 7, 1997. He assumedsenior status on November 21, 2010.[2]
InACLU v. NSA, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided to vacate the District Court's decision that the extrajudicial electronic intercepts of theNational Security Agency, where one party is within the U.S. and the other is outside, violated the law. The Court decided that the plaintiffs lacked standing. Judge Ronald Gilman wrote a long dissent, in which he argued that the plaintiffs did have standing, and that the Terrorist Surveillance Program as originally implemented violated the FISA.[4]
Appeals judges Ronald Gilman,Gilbert Merritt, andAlan Eugene Norris unanimously reversed the decision of United States District JudgeThomas B. Russell, who had ruled in August 1997 against Jefferson County officials, therefore allowing county fiscal judges to regulate adult businesses.[5]
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