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Curtis Lynn Collier (born October 4, 1949) is a
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of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (in case citations, E.D. Tenn.) is the federal court in the Sixth Circuit whose jurisdiction covers most of East Tennessee and a portion of Middle Tennessee. The court has jur ...
.


Education and career

Born in Marianna,
Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
, Collier received a
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degree from
Tennessee State University Tennessee State University (Tennessee State, Tenn State, or TSU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, it is the only state-funded historically black university in Tenness ...
in 1971 and a
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from
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in 1974. He was in the
United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...
from 1974 to 1979. While in the Air Force, he was an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate in the
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with the rank of Captain. He was an
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of the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1979 to 1987 and held the same office in the Eastern District of Tennessee from 1987 to 1995.


Federal judicial service

Collier is a United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (in case citations, E.D. Tenn.) is the federal court in the Sixth Circuit whose jurisdiction covers most of East Tennessee and a portion of Middle Tennessee. The court has jur ...
. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 13, 1995, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 8, 1995, and received his commission on May 10, 1995. He served as chief judge from 2005 to 2012. He assumed
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on October 31, 2014.


See also

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List of African-American federal judges This is a list of African Americans who have served as United States federal judges. , 260 African-Americans have served on the federal bench. United States Supreme Court United States Courts of Appeals United States District Courts ...
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List of African-American jurists This list includes individuals self-identified as African Americans who have made prominent contributions to the field of law in the United States, especially as eminent judges or legal scholars. Individuals who may have obtained law degrees or ...


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* 1949 births Living people African-American judges Assistant United States Attorneys Duke University School of Law alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee People from Marianna, Arkansas Tennessee State University alumni United States Air Force officers United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton 20th-century American judges 21st-century American judges United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps {{US-federal-judge-stub