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M. Casey Rodgers
Rodgers in 2013
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
In office
2011 – June 23, 2018
Preceded byStephan P. Mickle
Succeeded byMark E. Walker
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 21, 2003
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byLacey A. Collier
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
In office
2002–2003
Personal details
Born (1964-08-13) August 13, 1964 (age 60)
Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
EducationUniversity of West Florida (BA)
California Western School of Law (JD)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1985–87

Margaret Catharine Rodgers (born August 13, 1964), known professionally as M. Casey Rodgers, is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Education and career

Born in Pensacola, Florida, Rodgers was in the United States Army from 1985 to 1987, and thereafter received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of West Florida in 1989 and a Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law, an independent law school, in 1992. She was a law clerk for Judge Lacey A. Collier, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida from 1992 to 1994. She was in private practice in Pensacola from 1999 to 2002, serving as general counsel to the West Florida Medical Center, in Pensacola from 1998 to 1999. She was a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, from 2002 to 2003.

Federal judicial service

On July 14, 2003, Rodgers was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida vacated by Lacey A. Collier. Rodgers was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 20, 2003, and received her commission on November 21, 2003. She was the first woman appointed in the district's history. She served as Chief Judge from 2011 to 2018.

References

  1. "BIOGRAPHIES OF FEDERAL COURT JUDGES SITTING IN FLORIDA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  2. "Rodgers, Margaret Catharine | Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
  3. Buchanan, Virginia (January 2004), "Introducing the Hon. Margaret C. 'Casey' Rodgers U.S. District Court of Florida, Northern District" (PDF), AFTL Women's Caucus Journal, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-17, retrieved 2016-08-02

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Preceded byLacey A. Collier Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
2003–present 		Incumbent
Preceded byStephan P. Mickle Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
2011–2018 		Succeeded byMark E. Walker
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