Danny C. Reeves | |
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Member of the United States Sentencing Commission | |
In office March 21, 2017 – March 21, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Ricardo Hinojosa |
Succeeded by | Claire McCusker Murray |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | |
Assumed office August 16, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Karen K. Caldwell |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | |
Assumed office December 10, 2001 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Seat established by 114 Stat. 2762 |
Personal details | |
Born | Corbin, Kentucky, U.S. | August 1, 1957
Education | Eastern Kentucky University (BA) Salmon P. Chase College of Law (JD) |
Danny Clyde Reeves[1] (born August 1, 1957) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Born in Corbin, Kentucky, Reeves received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 1978 and a Juris Doctor from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University in 1981.
He was a law clerk to Judge Eugene E. Siler, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern & Western Districts of Kentucky from 1981 to 1983. He was in private practice in Kentucky from 1983 to 2001.
Reeves is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Reeves was nominated by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a new seat created by 114 Stat. 2762.[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 6, 2001, and received his commission on December 10, 2001. He became Chief Judge on August 16, 2019.[3]
On March 15, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Reeves for a position on the United States Sentencing Commission, which would expire on October 31, 2021.[4][5] On July 13, 2016, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] His nomination expired with the end of the 114th Congress on January 3, 2017. He was renominated by President Obama on January 17, 2017. His nomination was withdrawn by President Donald Trump on February 28, 2017, but Trump renominated him on March 1, 2017. On March 9, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee. On March 21, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by a 98–0 vote.[7] His term ended in March 2021.