Mary Briscoe

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Mary Briscoe
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Nonpartisan

United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit (senior status)
Tenure

2021 - Present

Years in position

3

Prior offices
United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Successor: Jabari Wamble

Education

Bachelor's

University of Kansas, 1969

Graduate

University of Virginia School of Law, 1990

Law

University of Kansas, School of Law, 1973

Personal
Birthplace
Council Grove, Kan.

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Mary Beck Briscoe is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. She joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.[1]

Briscoe assumed senior status on March 15, 2021.[2]

Early life and education

Born in Council Grove, Kansas, Briscoe earned her B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1969, her J.D. from the University of Kansas Law School in 1973, and her LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1990.[1]

Professional career

  • 1990-1995: Chief judge

Judicial career

10th Circuit Court of Appeals

Nomination Tracker
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Nominee Information
Name: Mary Beck Briscoe
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 72 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: March 14, 1995
ApprovedAABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
Questionnaire:
ApprovedAHearing: May 4, 1995
QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
ApprovedAReported: May 18, 1995 
ApprovedAConfirmed: May 25, 1995
ApprovedAVote: Voice vote

Briscoe was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit by President Bill Clinton on March 14, 1995, to a seat vacated by James Logan. The American Bar Association rated Briscoe Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[3] Hearings on Briscoe's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 4, 1995, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on May 18, 1995. Briscoe was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on May 25, 1985, and she received her commission the next day. Briscoe served as chief judge of the court from 2010 to 2015.[1][4]

Briscoe assumed senior status on March 15, 2021.[5]

Noteworthy cases

SCOTUS affirms Tenth Circuit panel on Oklahoma execution methods (2015)
See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit (Glossip v. Gross)

On June 29, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of a three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit. Judge Mary Briscoe delivered the opinion of the circuit panel.

Inmates on death row challenged Oklahoma's four-drug lethal injection protocol, specifically the use of midazolam as the initial drug in the protocol, as violative of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Four of the inmates also sought a preliminary injunction to prevent Oklahoma from executing them while the legal challenge was pending. Both a federal district court and a three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Mary Briscoe, denied the plaintiffs' request for an injunction.

Writing for a five-justice U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito affirmed the circuit panel.[6][7]

See also

External links


Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed August 15, 2016
  2. ↑ United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, "Honorable Mary Beck Briscoe to Take Senior Status," accessed March 15, 2021
  3. ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed August 15, 2016
  4. ↑ United States Congress, "PN 270 - Mary Beck Briscoe - The Judiciary," accessed August 15, 2016
  5. ↑ USCourts.gov, "Future Judicial Vacancies," accessed February 5, 2021
  6. ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, Glossip v. Gross, June 29, 2015
  7. ↑ Oyez.org, "Glossip v. Gross," accessed October 12, 2017
Political offices
Preceded by:
James Logan 		Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
1995–2021 		Succeeded by:
TBD




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