Daniel Brook Bartlett (February 22, 1937 – January 21, 2000) was a

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of the

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Education and career

Born and raised in

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, Bartlett graduated from the Pembroke Country-Day School in 1955, and received a

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degree from

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in 1959 and a

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from

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in 1962. He was in private practice in Kansas City from 1962 to 1969, after which he served in the office of the

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until 1977, first as an assistant attorney general until 1973 and then as first assistant Attorney General. From 1977 to 1981, he was in private practice in Kansas City.

Federal judicial service

On July 9, 1981,

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nominated Bartlett to be a federal judge on the

in Kansas City, for a seat vacated by Judge

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. The

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confirmed Bartlett on September 16, 1981, and he received his commission on September 19, 1981. Between 1995 and 2000, he served as Chief Judge.

Death

He died of

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, a form of

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, in Kansas City, Missouri on January 21, 2000, about three years after he had been diagnosed in January 1997.

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