Herbert Theodore Milburn

Herbert Theodore Milburn (May 26, 1931 – April 1, 2016) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and later a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Herbert Milburn
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office
July 1, 1996  April 1, 2016
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office
October 4, 1984  July 1, 1996
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded bySeat established by 98 Stat. 333
Succeeded byRonald Lee Gilman
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
In office
January 15, 1984  October 9, 1984
Preceded byFrank Wiley Wilson
Succeeded byThomas Gray Hull
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
In office
June 7, 1983  October 9, 1984
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byCharles Gelbert Neese
Succeeded byRobert Allan Edgar
Personal details
Born
Herbert Theodore Milburn

(1931-05-26)May 26, 1931
Cleveland, Tennessee
DiedApril 1, 2016(2016-04-01) (aged 84)
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
EducationEast Tennessee State University (BS)
University of Tennessee College of Law (JD)

Education and career

Born in Cleveland, Tennessee, Milburn received a Bachelor of Science degree from East Tennessee State University in 1953 and was in the United States Army, Security Agency from 1953 to 1956. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1959, and was in private practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee from then until 1973. He was a judge on the Circuit Court of Hamilton County, Tennessee, Division III from 1973 to 1983.[1]

Federal judicial service

Milburn was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on April 14, 1983, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee vacated by Judge Charles Gelbert Neese. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 6, 1983, and received commission on June 7, 1983. He served as Chief Judge from January 15, 1984 to October 9, 1984. His service terminated on October 9, 1984, due to elevation to the Sixth Circuit.[1]

Milburn was nominated by President Reagan on September 6, 1984, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 3, 1984, and received commission on October 4, 1984. He assumed senior status due to a certified disability on July 1, 1996. His service terminated on April 1, 2016, due to death.[1]

Death

Milburn died on April 1, 2016, at the Alexian Village Retirement Community, in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.[2]

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Charles Gelbert Neese
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
1983–1984
Succeeded by
Robert Allan Edgar
Preceded by
Frank Wiley Wilson
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
1984
Succeeded by
Thomas Gray Hull
Preceded by
Seat established by 98 Stat. 333
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1984–1996
Succeeded by
Ronald Lee Gilman
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