Kevin Michael Moore (born July 17, 1951) is a

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of the

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Early life and education

Moore was born in 1951 in Coral Gables,

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, the fifth of seven children, to Thomas Francis Moore, Jr. and Janet Fay Moore. He received his

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from

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in 1972 and his

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from

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in 1976.

Career

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Moore served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 1976 to 1981, as supervisory Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida from 1981 to 1982, and as Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida from 1983 to 1987. Moore served as the

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for the Northern District of Florida from 1987 to 1989. From 1989 to 1992, Moore served as director of the

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at the

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Federal judicial service

Moore was nominated by

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on October 4, 1991, to the

, to the seat vacated by Judge Eugene P. Spellman. He was

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by the

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on February 6, 1992, and received commission on February 10, 1992. He served as chief judge from July 1, 2014, until July 1, 2021.

Intent to nominate to United States Sentencing Commission

On August 12, 2020, President

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announced his intent to nominate Moore to serve as chair of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Notable cases

On March 21, 2000, Moore issued a fifty-page ruling declaring that only

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could grant political asylum to keep 6-year-old Cuban rafter survivor Elian Gonzalez in the United States. During his tenure on the bench, Judge Moore has overseen other high-profile cases, including the prosecution of the notorious Miami drug gang the "Boobie Boys," the sentencing of Sandra Avila Beltran, the "Queen of the Pacific," to seventy months imprisonment for her role in a conspiracy to import cocaine to the United States, and the first trial conviction of a synthetic marijuana distributor in South Florida.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Kevin Michael 1951 births Living people 20th-century American judges 21st-century American judges Assistant United States Attorneys Florida State University alumni Fordham University School of Law alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida People from Coral Gables, Florida United States Attorneys for the Northern District of Florida United States district court judges appointed by George H. W. Bush United States Marshals