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American judge
Truman McGill Hobbs
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
In office
February 11, 1991 – November 4, 2015
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
In office
1984–1991
Preceded byRobert Edward Varner
Succeeded byMyron Herbert Thompson
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
In office
April 3, 1980 – February 11, 1991
Appointed byJimmy Carter
Preceded bySeat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded byIra De Ment
Personal details
Born(1921-02-08)February 8, 1921
Selma, Alabama
DiedNovember 4, 2015(2015-11-04) (aged 94)
Montgomery, Alabama
EducationUniversity of North Carolina (AB)
Yale Law School (LLB)

Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (February 8, 1921 – November 4, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Education and career

Born in Selma, Alabama, Hobbs received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of North Carolina in 1942, and was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1948, becoming a law clerk to Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1948 to 1949. He was in private practice in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1949 to 1980, also serving as chairman of the Alabama Unemployment Appeal Board from 1952 to 1958.

Federal judicial service

On January 23, 1980, Hobbs was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1980, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1991, assuming senior status on February 11, 1991. He died on November 4, 2015, at his family home in Montgomery.

See also

References

  1. ^ Truman McGill Hobbs at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. "U.S. District Judge Truman Hobbs dies at 94".

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Legal offices
Preceded bySeat established by 92 Stat. 1629 Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
1980–1991 		Succeeded byIra De Ment
Preceded byRobert Edward Varner Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
1984–1991 		Succeeded byMyron Herbert Thompson
Chief judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama


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