| Jeffrey Sutton | |
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| Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 5, 2003 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | David A. Nelson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 31, 1960 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Moritz College of Law Williams College |
Jeffrey S. Sutton (born October 31, 1960 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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Sutton received his B.A. from Williams College in 1983. After graduating from college and prior to law school, Sutton taught high school history and was the varsity soccer coach at The Columbus Academy, a private school in Gahanna, Ohio.
He received his law degree from The Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law in 1990. He then clerked for Judge Thomas Meskill of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1990–1991 and then on the United States Supreme Court for Justices Antonin Scalia and Lewis Powell from 1991-1992.
Sutton was in private practice in Columbus from 1992 to 1995 and 1998 to 2003. Sutton was state solicitor for the state of Ohio from 1995 to 1998. He has also served as an adjunct professor of law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law since 1994. He teaches state constitutional law,[1] a pet interest of his.
Sutton was first nominated by President George W. Bush on May 9, 2001 to a seat on the Sixth Circuit vacated by David A. Nelson. That nomination, made during the 107th United States Congress, never received a floor vote in the U.S. Senate. Sutton was not confirmed until almost two years later, on April 29, 2003, when the U.S. Senate of the 108th United States Congress voted 52 to 41 in favor of his confirmation to the Sixth Circuit. He received his commission on May 5, 2003. Sutton was the third judge nominated to the Sixth Circuit by Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate.
Judge Sutton has been recognized as the intellectual engine behind a conservative movement of the jurisprudence of the Sixth Circuit as the author of many majority en banc opinions representing the Republican-appointed judges.[1] In June 2011, Sutton became the first Republican nominated judge to rule in favor of the health care mandate in President Barack Obama's Health Care law.[2]
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| Preceded by David A. Nelson |
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 2003-present |
Succeeded by incumbent |