Terry Fitzgerald Moorer (born January 20, 1961) is a

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of the

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. He was formerly a

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of the

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (in case citations, M.D. Ala.) is a federal court in the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appeal ...

Biography

Moorer earned his

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from the

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, his

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from

Huntingdon College Huntingdon College is a private Methodist college in Montgomery, Alabama. It was founded in 1854 as a women's college. History Huntingdon College was chartered on February 2, 1854, as " Tuskegee Female College" by the Alabama State Legislature ...

, and his

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from the University of Alabama School of Law. Before assuming his judgeship, Judge Moorer served as an

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for the Middle District of Alabama, as a Command Judge Advocate in

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, and as an attorney in the Office of Staff Judge Advocate at Fort Rucker. As a

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in the Alabama National Guard, Moorer was the primary architect of the Alabama Code of Military Justice.

Federal judicial service

Moorer served as a

of the

, a position he assumed on January 3, 2007, and left on September 4, 2018, when he became a district judge. On May 8, 2017, President

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announced his intent to nominate Moorer to an unspecified seat on the

."President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations" White House, May 8, 2017
/ref> On September 7, 2017, President Trump nominated Moorer to serve as a United States district judge of the

, to the seat vacated by Judge William H. Steele, who assumed

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on June 8, 2017. On November 1, 2017, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On December 7, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by

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. On January 3, 2018, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the

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. On January 5, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Moorer to a federal judgeship. On January 8, 2018, his renomination was sent to the

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. On January 18, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–4 vote. On August 28, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by

. He received his judicial commission on September 4, 2018. Moorer was one of three judges that ruled Alabama's proposed redistricting maps unconstitutional under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The three judge panel's ruling was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in

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Federal judicial service

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