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American federal judge (born 1979)
For the character on the U.S. TV series Entourage, see Eric Murphy.
On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Murphy for a federal judgeship. His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day. On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. On March 6, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 53–46 vote. On March 7, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a 52–46 vote. He received his judicial commission on March 11, 2019.
On December 3, 2021, in Gun Owners of America, Inc. v. Garland, 19 F.4th 980 (6th Cir. 2021), an evenly divided Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction against a rule issued by the ATF declaring bump-stock devices to be illegal machine guns under federal law. Judge Eric Murphy authored a dissenting opinion joined by seven other members of the court that would have enjoined the ATF’s new rule, explaining that the “policy debate over whether to ban bump stocks” belongs “with the legislative branch accountable to the people” rather than an administrative agency or the judiciary. In Garland v. Cargill, 602 U.S. 406 (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that bump-stock devices are not machine guns under existing federal law.
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