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Alabama judge (born 1980)

Anna Marie Manasco (born 1980) is an American lawyer from Alabama who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama .

Education

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Manasco attended the Saint James School and was the runner-up of the 1998 Tournament of Champions in Lincoln–Douglas debate . Manasco earned her Bachelor of Arts , _summa cum laude _, from Emory University , her Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Oxford, and her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School , where she served as an executive editor of the _Yale Law & Policy Review _.

Career

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Manasco served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit . From 2009 to 2020, she was a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Birmingham, Alabama , where her practice focused on trial strategy and appeals in complex commercial litigation. She had represented clients before the Supreme Court of the United States , numerous federal courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court of Alabama .

Federal judicial service

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On December 18, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Manasco to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama . On February 4, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Manasco to the seat to be vacated by Judge Karon O. Bowdre , who subsequently assumed senior status on April 25, 2020. A hearing on her nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on February 12, 2020. On March 12, 2020, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–6 vote. On May 20, 2020, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 72–20 vote. Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 71–21 vote. She received her judicial commission on May 27, 2020.

Notable rulings

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Manasco was one of three judges on a special panel that ruled Alabama's proposed maps violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The three judge panel's ruling was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in _Allen v. Milligan _. This will ultimately be sent to the United States Supreme Court. Alabama's U.S. House of Representatives second district was gerrymandered and won by Democrat Shomari Figures in 2024

References

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1. ↑ "Ms. Anna Marie Manasco Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com" . www.martindale.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.

2. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Anna Manasco

3. ↑ "Past Champions at the TOC" . University of Kentucky Debate.

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   "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, December 18, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

5. ↑ "Eleven Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, February 4, 2020

6. ↑ Nominations for February 12, 2020

7. ↑ Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 12, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee

8. ↑ On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anna M. Manasco to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama), United States Senate, May 20, 2020

9. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Anna M. Manasco, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama)", United States Senate, May 20, 2020

10. ↑ Anna M. Manasco at the _[Biographical Directory of Federal Judges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges "Biographical

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Manasco was one of three judges on a special panel that ruled Alabama's proposed maps violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The three judge panel's ruling was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in _Allen v. Milligan _. This will ultimately be sent to the United States Supreme Court. Alabama's U.S. House of Representatives second district was gerrymandered and won by Democrat Shomari Figures in 2024

References

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1. ↑ "Ms. Anna Marie Manasco Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com" . www.martindale.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.

2. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Anna Manasco

3. ↑ "Past Champions at the TOC" . University of Kentucky Debate.

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   "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, December 18, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

5. ↑ "Eleven Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, February 4, 2020

6. ↑ Nominations for February 12, 2020

7. ↑ Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 12, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee

8. ↑ On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anna M. Manasco to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama), United States Senate, May 20, 2020

9. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Anna M. Manasco, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama)", United States Senate, May 20, 2020

10. ↑ Anna M. Manasco at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

11. ↑ "Singleton v. Merrill & Milligan v. Merrill" (PDF). January 24, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.

12. ↑ Liptak, Adam (June 8, 2023). "Supreme Court Rejects Voting Map That Diluted Black Voters' Power" . The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331 . Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

13. ↑ "What Will Alabama Do After Racial Gerrymanders In Redistricting" . 1819News. Retrieved May 26, 2026.

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