Sheri Polster Chappell
Born 1/1/1962
Judicial Career
- judFLMD5/22/2013 – present
Biography
American judge (born 1962)
Sheri Jean Polster Chappell (born 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida .
Biography
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Chappell was born Sheri Jean Polster in Wisconsin
and attended Kiel High School in Kiel, Wisconsin , where she graduated in 1980. Chappell received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison after attending the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire from 1980 to 1982. She received her Juris Doctor in 1987 from Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University . She served as an Assistant State Attorney in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida from 1987 to 2000. She served as a County Court Judge in Lee County from 2000 to 2003. From 2003 to 2013, she served as a United States magistrate judge for the Middle District of Florida.
Federal judicial service
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On June 25, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Chappell to be a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, to the seat vacated by Judge Gregory A. Presnell , who assumed senior status on April 1, 2012. On September 19, 2012, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on her nomination, on December 6, 2012, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote . On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate. She was renominated for the same office on January 3, 2013. On March 7, 2013, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote. The Senate confirmed her nomination on May 20, 2013, by a 90–0 vote. She received her commission on May 22, 2013.
References
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- ↑ "Florida Judicial Biographies" (PDF).
- ↑
"Archived copy"
(PDF). Archived from the original
(PDF) on 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
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["President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the US District Court"](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/25/president-obama-nominates-three-serve-us-district-court)
. _[whitehouse.gov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.gov "Whitehouse.gov")
_. 25 June 2012 – via [National Archives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARA "NARA")
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[Sheri Polster Chappell](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394206)
at the _[Biographical Directory of Federal Judges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges "Biographical Directory of Federal Judges")
_, a publication of the [Federal Judicial Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Judicial_Center "Federal Judicial Center")
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- ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting - December 6, 2012" (PDF). www.judiciary.senate.gov.
- ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting - March 7, 2013" (PDF). www.judiciary.senate.gov.
- ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Sheri Polster Chappell, of Florida, to be United States District Judge)" . www.senate.gov.
External links
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- Sheri Polster Chappell at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
- Sheri Polster Chappell at Ballotpedia
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