Roseann Ambrosia Ketchmark (née Smith; born October 31, 1963) is a

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of the

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and a former

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Biography

Ketchmark received a

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degree, in 1986, from the

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. She received a

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in 1990 from the

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. She began her career as an assistant prosecutor in

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, from 1990 to 1995. From 1995 to 2001, she was first assistant prosecutor in Platte County. From 2001 to 2015, she served as an assistant United States attorney in the Western District of Missouri. She served as first assistant United States attorney from 2001 to 2006 and again from 2009 to 2010. She served as executive assistant United States attorney from 2006 to 2007 and again in 2010. She served in the

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and

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Unit.

Federal judicial service

On November 20, 2014, President

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nominated Ketchmark to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, to the seat vacated by Judge Gary A. Fenner, who at the time was going to assume

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on a date to be determined. He eventually assumed

after Ketchmark was confirmed on September 8, 2015. On December 16, 2014 her nomination was returned to the President due to the

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adjournment of the

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. On January 7, 2015, President Obama renominated her to the same position. She received a hearing on her nomination on March 11, 2015. On April 23, 2015 her nomination was reported out of committee by a

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. On September 8, 2015 the

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confirmed her by a 96–0 vote. She received her judicial commission on September 14, 2015.

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