| Barbara Brandriff Crabb | |
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| Nominated by | Jimmy Carter |
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| Born | 1939 Green Bay, Wisconsin |
Barbara Brandriff Crabb (born 1939) is a United States federal judge nominated by President Jimmy Carter.
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Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Crabb received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1960 and an LL.B. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1962. She was in private practice in Madison, Wisconsin from 1962 to 1968.
After law school graduation, Crabb She was a research assistant to George Bunn of the University of Wisconsin Law School from 1968 to 1969, and for the American Bar Association Project on Minimum Standards of Criminal Justice from 1970 to 1971. She served as a U.S. magistrate judge in the Western District of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1979.
On July 21, 1979, Crabb was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the new United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin created by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1979, and received her commission on November 2, 1979. She served as chief judge from 1980-1996.
On March 4, 2010, Crabb took senior status when her successor, William M. Conley, was confirmed as federal judge.
On April 15, 2010, Crabb ruled in a suit that the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed in 2008 against the Bush administration that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional.[1][2][3]