| Carlton Wayne Reeves | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 20, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | William Henry Barbour, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 47–48) Fort Hood, Texas |
| Alma mater | Jackson State University (B.A.) University of Virginia School of Law (J.D.) |
Carlton Wayne Reeves (born 1964) is a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He was previously an attorney in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Reeves was born in 1964, in Fort Hood, Texas.[1] He graduated magna cum laude from Jackson State University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts.[2] Reeves then earned his Juris Doctor from University of Virginia School of Law in 1989.[2]
During the 111th Congress, a committee including Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Jamie Franks and Democratic members of the Mississippi House delegation recommended Reeves for filling a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.[3] On April 28, 2010, President Barack Obama formally nominated Reeves to a judgeship on the Southern District of Mississippi.[2] Reeves was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 2010 by voice vote.[4] He replaced Judge William Barbour.[5]
Reeves is the second African American federal judge from Mississippi.[5] The first was Henry Travillion Wingate, also of the Southern District of Mississippi, who was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1985.[5]