Raner Collins | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
Assumed office March 4, 2019 | |
Chief Judge of the United 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 the United 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 70–71) Malvern,Arkansas,U.S. |
Education | Arkansas Polytechnic College (BA) University of Arizona (JD) |
Raner Christercunean Collins (born 1952) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Born in Malvern,Arkansas,Collins received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arkansas Polytechnic College (now Arkansas Tech University) in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) in 1975. He was a law clerk in the Pima 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 of Tucson 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 President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by Judge William Docker Browning. Collins was confirmed by the United 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 Judge Roslyn O. Silver who took senior status. He finished his term as Chief Judge on September 4,2018. He assumed senior status on March 4,2019. [1]
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