Mary Anne Richey (October 24, 1917 – November 25, 1983) was a

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of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

Education and career

Born Mary Anne Reimann in Shelbyville,

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, Richey was in the

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, Women's Army Service Pilots during

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, from 1943 to 1945. She received a

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from the

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at the

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in 1951. She was in private practice in Tucson,

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from 1951 to 1952. She was a deputy county attorney of Pima County, Arizona from 1952 to 1954. She was an

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of the District of Arizona in Tucson from 1954 to 1960. She was the

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for the District of Arizona from 1960 to 1961. She was in private practice in Tucson from 1962 to 1964. She was a Judge of the

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in Pima County from 1964 to 1976. She was the Associate Presiding Judge from 1972 to 1976.

Federal judicial service

Richey was nominated by President

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on June 2, 1976, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by Judge

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. She was confirmed by the

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on June 16, 1976, and received her commission the same day. Richey served in that capacity until her death of

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on November 25, 1983.

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