Carol Ann Bagley Amon (born April 23, 1946) is a Senior

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of the

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Education and early career

Amon was born in Richmond,

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. She received a

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from

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in 1968, then a Juris Doctor from University of Virginia School of Law in 1971. She was a staff attorney of the

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from 1971 to 1973. She was then a trial attorney of Narcotics Task Force of the

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from 1973 to 1974.

Assistant United States Attorney

Amon was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Eastern District of New York from 1974 to 1986. She was chief of frauds from 1978 to 1980, and then chief of general crimes from 1981 to 1982. She was a senior litigation counsel from 1984 to 1986. In 1983, Amon successfully prosecuted four members of the

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(IRA) who conspired to obtain guns, explosives and missiles for the IRA.

District Court service

She was a

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of the

from 1986 to 1990. She was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to be a United States District Judge of that court on May 18, 1990, to a seat vacated by Mark A. Costantino. She was confirmed by the

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on August 3, 1990, and received her commission on August 7, 1990. She served as Chief Judge from 2011 to 2016. She took

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on November 30, 2016. In 2009, Amon sentenced disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy to 15 months in federal prison for his role in fixing NBA games.

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