Ancer L. Haggerty

Ancer Lee Haggerty (born August 26, 1944)[2] is an inactive Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. At the time of his nomination to the federal bench by President Clinton in 1993, he was serving as an Oregon circuit court judge.

Ancer Lee Haggerty
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
Assumed office
August 26, 2009
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
In office
2002 – January 31, 2009
Preceded byMichael Robert Hogan
Succeeded byAnn Aiken
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
In office
March 28, 1994 – August 26, 2009
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byOwen M. Panner
Succeeded byMichael H. Simon
Personal details
Born
Ancer Lee Haggerty

(1944-08-26) August 26, 1944
Vanport, Oregon
EducationUniversity of Oregon (B.S.)
University of California, Hastings
College of the Law (J.D.)
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Branch/service United States Marine Corps
Years of service1967 – 1970
Unit3rd Marine Division
Battles/warsVietnam War
AwardsSilver Star[1]

Early life and education

Born in Vanport, Oregon, Haggerty graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1967, and after service in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1970, entered Hastings College of Law of the University of California, earning a Juris Doctor in 1973.

Career

Haggerty was a law clerk for the Metropolitan Public Defender in Portland, Oregon in 1973. He was a staff attorney of Metropolitan Public Defender in Portland from 1973 to 1977. He was in private practice of law in Portland from 1977 to 1988. He was a judge to the Multnomah County District Court, Oregon from 1989 to 1990. He was a judge to the Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon from 1990 to 1993.

Federal judicial service

Haggerty was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Haggerty was nominated by President William J. Clinton on November 19, 1993, to a seat vacated by Owen M. Panner. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 25, 1994, and received commission on March 28, 1994. He served as chief judge from 2002 to 2009.[3] He took senior status on August 26, 2009, and took inactive senior status at the end of 2014, meaning that he remains a member of the court, but no longer hears cases or participates in court business.[4]

Notable case

Haggerty was the presiding judge in the trial of White Aryan Resistance (WAR) founder and leader, Tom Metzger, over his involvement in the 1988 murder of Mulugeta Seraw by skinhead members of Portland's East Side White Pride.

References
  1. "Valor awards for Ancer L. Haggerty".
  2. "JTBF".
  3. "Courthouse News" (PDF). XV (1). United States District Court for the District of Oregon. January 20, 2009. p. 2. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  4. Denson, Bryan (December 31, 2014). "Ancer Haggerty, presiding judge in two notorious neo-Nazi cases in Portland, hangs up robes". The Oregonian.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Owen M. Panner		 Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
1994–2009		 Succeeded by
Michael H. Simon
Preceded by
Michael Robert Hogan		 Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
2002–2009		 Succeeded by
Ann Aiken


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