Toby Crouse

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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas
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Toby Jon Crouse (born 1975) [1] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. He was formerly the Solicitor General of Kansas.

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Biography

Crouse graduated from Kansas State University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science. He then attended the University of Kansas School of Law, where he was an articles editor of the Kansas Law Review . He graduated in 2000 with a Juris Doctor and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.

Crouse began his career as a law clerk to Judge Monti Belot of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas and Judge Mary Beck Briscoe of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He then worked at the firm Foulston Siefkin.

Crouse served as Solicitor General of Kansas from January 2018 to December 2020. [2] [3] As Solicitor General, he argued and won two cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Those cases are Kahler v. Kansas and Kansas v. Glover . [4] He left the Kansas Attorney General's office after his appointment to the bench.

Federal judicial service

On May 7, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Crouse to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. [2] On May 21, 2020, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate. Crouse was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Carlos Murguia, who resigned on April 1, 2020. [5] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on July 29, 2020. [6] On September 17, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. [7] On November 17, 2020, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 51–44 vote. [8] Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 50–43 vote. [9] He received his judicial commission on December 2, 2020. [10]

Memberships

Crouse has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2019. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Toby Crouse
  2. 1 2 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominee". whitehouse.gov . May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020– via National Archives.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ "AG Derek Schmidt names Toby Crouse to serve as Kansas Solicitor General" (Press release). Topeka, Kansas. January 26, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ Alder, Madison (May 7, 2020). "Trump Pick for Kansas Federal Court Has Recent SCOTUS Success". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ten Nominations Sent to the Senate", The White House, May 21, 2020
  6. ↑ Nominations for July 29, 2020
  7. ↑ Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 17, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee
  8. ↑ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Toby Crouse, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas)" United States Senate, November 17, 2020
  9. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Toby Crouse, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas)" United States Senate, November 17, 2020
  10. ↑ Toby Crouse at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
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