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Joel Fredrick Dubina

American judge (born 1947)

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American judge (born 1947)

Field	Value
name	Joel Dubina
image	Joel F. Dubina, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge.jpg
office	Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
term_start	October 26, 2013
office1	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
term_start1	June 1, 2009
term_end1	July 31, 2013
predecessor1	James Larry Edmondson
successor1	Edward Earl Carnes
office2	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
appointer2	George H. W. Bush
term_start2	October 1, 1990
term_end2	October 26, 2013
predecessor2	Robert Smith Vance
successor2	Kevin Newsom
office3	Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
appointer3	Ronald Reagan
term_start3	September 15, 1986
term_end3	October 5, 1990
predecessor3	Robert Edward Varner
successor3	Harold Albritton
birth_name	Joel Fredrick Dubina
birth_date
birth_place	Elkhart, Indiana, U.S.
children	Martha
education	University of Alabama (BS)
Samford University (JD)

Samford University (JD) Joel Fredrick Dubina (born October 26, 1947) is an American attorney who is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Early life and education

Dubina was born in Elkhart, Indiana. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alabama in 1970, and a Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1973. He was a law clerk to Judge Robert Edward Varner of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama from 1973 to 1974.

Career

Dubina worked in private practice of law in Montgomery, Alabama from 1974 to 1983.

Federal judicial service

Dubina was a United States magistrate judge for the Middle District of Alabama from 1983 to 1986. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 30, 1986, to Varner's seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12, 1986, and received commission on September 15, 1986. His service was terminated on October 5, 1990, following his elevation to the court of appeals.

Dubina was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by President George H. W. Bush on June 7, 1990, to a seat vacated by Judge Robert Smith Vance. Dubina was confirmed by the Senate on September 28, 1990, and received his commission on October 1, 1990. He served as Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit from June 1, 2009, until July 31, 2013. Dubina had announced his intention to assume senior status, effective August 1, 2013, but waited until his 66th birthday on October 24, 2013.

In 2009 Dubina served as member of the three-judge panel which denied an "Application for Leave to File a Second or Successive Habeas Corpus Petition" in the Troy Davis case.

Dubina was on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit panel that reviewed Roger Vinson's decision in Florida v. United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Personal life

Dubina is married. His daughter, Martha Roby, became an attorney and a politician, first serving on the city council. She entered politics and was elected in 2010 to the United States House of Representatives from Alabama (AL-2) defeating incumbent congressman Bobby Bright. She has been re-elected to successive terms.

References

[http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/about/judges/dubina.php 11th circuit directory] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-09-17 . Retrieved on December 3, 2008.)
(4 June 2017). "Biographical Directory of the Federal Judiciary". Bernan Press.
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Rankin, Bill. "Another judicial vacancy to open up on 11th Circuit". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
(2009-04-16). "In re Troy Davis, Application for Leave to File a Second or Successive Habeas Corpus Petition". 11th Circuit.
Kendall, Brent. (August 13, 2011). "Health Overhaul Is Dealt Setback". [[Wall Street Journal]].
(2013). "2014 Almanac of American Politics". The University of Chicago Press.

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