Dennis Wayne Shedd (born January 28, 1953) is a former
United States circuit judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Background
Shedd attended
Orangeburg Preparatory Schools
Orangeburg Preparatory Schools, Inc. is an independent, college-preparatory, coeducational day school enrolling students in preschool through twelfth grade. It is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Orangeburg Prep has two campuses: the Lower ...
in
Orangeburg, South Carolina. He received his
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Wofford College, his
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from the
University of South Carolina School of Law and a
Master of Laws from the
Georgetown University Law Center. He went on to become chief counsel and staff director for the Senate Committee on the Judiciary while in the employ of Senator
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Caro ...
. He moved to South Carolina to practice law in 1988. During that time, he served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Federal judicial service
Service on district court
President
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
nominated Shedd on October 17, 1990, to the
. Shedd was confirmed on October 27, 1990. He received his commission on October 30, 1990.
His service as a district court judge was terminated on December 10, 2002, when he was elevated to the
4th Circuit Court.
Service on court of appeals
Shedd was nominated by President
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...
on September 4, 2001, and was confirmed by the
United States Senate on November 19, 2002, by a 55–44 vote. He received his judicial commission on November 26, 2002.
Shedd assumed
senior status on January 30, 2018.
He retired from the court on May 2, 2022.
Notable decisions
In 2007, Judge Shedd wrote for a fractured panel which found that the
procedural default doctrine prevented the court from hearing the constitutional claims of a death row inmate. On May 25, 2017, Judge Shedd wrote a dissent when the ''
en banc'' circuit upheld a lower court's injunction against the President's
travel ban
A travel ban is one of a variety of mobility restrictions imposed by governments. Bans can be universal or selective. The restrictions can be geographic, imposed by either the originating or destination jurisdiction. They can also be based on indiv ...
by a vote of 10–3 in ''
Int'l Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump''.
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1953 births
Living people
20th-century American judges
21st-century American judges
Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Judges of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
People from Orangeburg County, South Carolina
United States court of appeals judges appointed by George W. Bush
United States district court judges appointed by George H. W. Bush
University of South Carolina alumni
Wofford College alumni
University of South Carolina faculty