Patricia C. Fawsett | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
Assumed office August 25, 2008 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
In office 2003–2008 | |
Preceded by | Elizabeth A. Kovachevich |
Succeeded by | Anne C. Conway |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
In office June 9,1986 –August 25,2008 | |
Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | John A. Reed Jr. |
Succeeded by | Mary Stenson Scriven |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal,Canada | August 21,1943
Education | University of Florida (BA,MAT,JD) |
Patricia Combs Fawsett (born August 21,1943) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Fawsett was born in 1943 in Montreal,Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida in 1965,her Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Florida in 1966,and her Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law in 1973. Fawsett was in private practice in Orlando,Florida from 1973 to 1986. [1]
President Ronald Reagan nominated Fawsett to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on April 9,1986,to the seat vacated by Judge John A. Reed Jr.. She was confirmed by the Senate on June 6,1986,she received her commission three days later. She served as chief judge]] from 2003 to 2008. She assumed senior status on August 25,2008. [1]
Fawsett sentenced Keith Pound to 740 years in prison and Sholam Weiss to 845 years in prison after the two men were found guilty of multiple counts of financial crime,money-laundering,and a fraud scheme against National Heritage Life Insurance. [2] [3] [4] She also sentenced Erin Sharma,a federal corrections officer who deliberately arranged to move an alleged inmate informant into the cell of a notoriously violent inmate,resulting in his fatal beating,to life in prison. [5]
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