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Carlton Wayne Reeves
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi · 2010
Carlton Wayne Reeves , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Carlton Wayne Reeves (born April 11, 1964) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and chair of the United States Sentencing Commission. Reeves was the district court judge in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), the case that resulted in the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade (1973).
Education
- Jackson State UniversityB.A., 1986
- University of Virginia School of LawJ.D., 1989
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Reuben V. Anderson, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1989-1990; Staff attorney, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1990-1991; Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1991-1995, 2001-2010; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Mississippi, 1995-2001; Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2022-present
Biography
Carlton Wayne Reeves (born April 11, 1964) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and chair of the United States Sentencing Commission. Reeves was the district court judge in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), the case that resulted in the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade (1973).
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