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On May 8, 2024, President [[Joe Biden]] announced his intent to nominate Kidd to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Headley |first=Tiana |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Biden to Tap US Magistrate Judge for Eleventh Circuit Seat |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/biden-to-tap-us-magistrate-judge-for-eleventh-circuit-seat |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en}}</ref> On May 24, 2024, his nomination was sent to the Senate.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=May 14, 2024 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/05/14/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-146/}}</ref> President Biden nominated Kidd to the seat being vacated by Judge [[Charles R. Wilson (judge)|Charles R. Wilson]], who will assume [[senior status]] on December 31, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raymond |first1=Nate |title=11th Circuit's Wilson to take senior status, creating vacancy |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/11th-circuits-wilson-take-senior-status-creating-vacancy-2024-01-23/ |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=January 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240124000046/https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/11th-circuits-wilson-take-senior-status-creating-vacancy-2024-01-23/ |archive-date=January 24, 2024 |date=January 23, 2024}}</ref> On June 5, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=June 4, 2024|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/06/05/2024/nominations}}</ref> His nomination is pending before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]]. |
On May 8, 2024, President [[Joe Biden]] announced his intent to nominate Kidd to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Headley |first=Tiana |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Biden to Tap US Magistrate Judge for Eleventh Circuit Seat |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/biden-to-tap-us-magistrate-judge-for-eleventh-circuit-seat |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en}}</ref> On May 24, 2024, his nomination was sent to the Senate.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=May 14, 2024 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/05/14/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-146/}}</ref> President Biden nominated Kidd to the seat being vacated by Judge [[Charles R. Wilson (judge)|Charles R. Wilson]], who will assume [[senior status]] on December 31, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raymond |first1=Nate |title=11th Circuit's Wilson to take senior status, creating vacancy |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/11th-circuits-wilson-take-senior-status-creating-vacancy-2024-01-23/ |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=January 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240124000046/https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/11th-circuits-wilson-take-senior-status-creating-vacancy-2024-01-23/ |archive-date=January 24, 2024 |date=January 23, 2024}}</ref> On June 5, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=June 4, 2024|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/06/05/2024/nominations}}</ref> His nomination is pending before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]]. |
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== References == |
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Revision as of 20:52, 5 June 2024
Embry Kidd | |
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Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
Assumed office July 25, 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Embry Jerode Kidd 1983 (age 40–41) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Education | Emory University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Embry J. Kidd (born 1983)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 2019. He is a nominee to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Education
Kidd earned a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in 2005 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2008.[2]
Career
From 2008 to 2009, he served as a law clerk for Judge Roger Gregory of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. From 2009 to 2014, he worked as an associate at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. From 2014 to 2019, he served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida.[2]
Federal judicial service
Kidd assumed office as a United States magistrate judge on July 25, 2019.[3]
Nomination to court of appeals
On May 8, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Kidd to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[4] On May 24, 2024, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] President Biden nominated Kidd to the seat being vacated by Judge Charles R. Wilson, who will assume senior status on December 31, 2024.[6] On June 5, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7][8][9] His nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
References
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ a b "President Biden Names Forty-Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Appointment of Embry Kidd" (PDF). flmd.uscourts.gov (Press release). July 24, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ Headley, Tiana (May 8, 2024). "Biden to Tap US Magistrate Judge for Eleventh Circuit Seat". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 14, 2024.
- ^ Raymond, Nate (January 23, 2024). "11th Circuit's Wilson to take senior status, creating vacancy". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. June 4, 2024.
- ^ Weiss, Benjamin S. "Eleventh Circuit nominee Kidd gets partisan grilling in Senate Judiciary". Courthouse News. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ Headley, Tiana. "Biden Appellate Pick Gets Little GOP Pushback at Senate Hearing". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
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