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James E. Graves Jr. is a United States circuit judge of the Fifth Circuit and a former Mississippi state judge. He was nominated by Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed in 2011, and is the third African-American judge on the Fifth Circuit.
James GRAVES is a former skeet shooter who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games. He also coached the US national team shotgun team and won several World Cup and Pan American medals.
Sergeant 1st Class James "Todd" Graves' (born March 27, 1963) is an American sport shooter. He was born in Ruston , Louisiana . He won a bronze medal in skeet at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
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A native of Hinds County, Mississippi, Graves received his B.A. from Millsaps College in 1975, his J.D.from Syracuse University College of Law in 1980, and his M.P.A. from Syracuse University in 1981.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Graves was nominated by President Obama on June 10, 2010, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to replace Judge Rhesa Barksdale.In a statement, Obama said, "Throughout his career, James E. Graves has shown unwavering integrity and an outstanding commitment to public service." Graves was rated Unanimously Qualified by the American Bar Association for the nomination. Hearings on Graves' nomnination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judicia...
Mississippi Supreme Court
Before serving on the federal court, Graves was a justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court. Prior to his appointment, he was a judge on the Seventh District Circuit Court, from 1991 to 2001.
Judge Graves' biography from the Federal Judicial CenterMagnolia Report, "Five Questions with Justice James Graves," archived March 6, 2012Muskegon News, "Driver in 2004 car chase, shooting sentenced to prison," June 24, 2008The Clarksdale Press Register"Supreme Court justice to speak," May 7, 2008Sep 15, 2022 · A dissent written by U.S. Court of Appeals Judge James Graves Jr. could play a key role in determining whether the U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal of a case that has, so far, upheld Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era constitutional provision written to keep Black people from voting.
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James Graves may refer to: James Graves (antiquarian) (1815–1886), Irish antiquarian and archaeologist; James Graves (New South Wales politician) (1882–1964), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council; James Graves (sport shooter) (born 1963), American Olympic sport shooter
Overview. Abstract. The writings of Graves contain such a variety of significant information, concerned with personal and social as well as technical history that is easy to become distracted and unfocussed. He was an early member of the society of telegraph engineers and contributed many papers to its proceedings.
