Victoria Calvert
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Assumed office
April 5, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byThomas W. Thrash Jr.
Personal details
Born
Victoria Marie Stubbs

1981 (age 42–43)
New York City, U.S.
EducationDuke University (BA)
New York University (JD)

Victoria Marie Calvert (née Stubbs, born 1981)[1] is an American lawyer from Georgia who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Early life

Calvert was born Victoria Marie Stubbs, the daughter of Eddie Stubbs, a truck driver, and Sherrie (nee' Welch) Stubbs. Her surname changed after her father died when she was five years old.[1][2]

Calvert earned a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 2003 and a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 2006.[3]

Career

From 2006 to 2012, Calvert was an associate at King & Spalding in Atlanta, where she represented clients in the Special Matters and Government Investigations group.[4] From 2012 to 2022, she was a staff attorney in the federal public defender program in Atlanta.[3]

Notable cases

Calvert was part of the legal team for Nicholas Bryant, who challenged the death sentence he received for murder during an armed robbery. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed his death sentence.[5]

In 2020, Calvert unsuccessfully challenged her client Titus Bates's conviction for shooting a U.S. Marshals Service task force officer who was attempting to serve him with a warrant. Calvert argued that assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon did not qualify as a predicate crime of violence.[6] [7]

Federal judicial service

On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Calvert to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. President Biden nominated Calvert to the seat vacated by Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr., who assumed senior status on May 8, 2021.[8] On December 1, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[9] On January 3, 2022, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate;[10] she was later renominated the same day.[11] On January 20, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–9 vote.[12] On March 16, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–46 vote.[13] On March 22, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 50–46 vote.[14] She received her judicial commission on April 5, 2022.[15] She became the second Black female judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.[16]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Eddie Len Stubbs". The Columbus Ledger. April 3, 1986.
  3. 1 2 "President Biden Names Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ↑ "Federal defender, rights attorney nominated by Biden as judges for Atlanta federal court". 30 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bryant v. State, 288 Ga. 876 | Casetext Search + Citator".
  6. ↑ Habersham, Raisa. "Man gets 30 years for shooting U.S. Marshals officer serving him warrant". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  7. ↑ "United States v. Bates, 960 F.3d 1278 | Casetext Search + Citator".
  8. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ↑ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. December 1, 2021.
  10. ↑ "PN1206 - Nomination of Victoria Marie Calvert for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021–2022)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  12. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 20, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  13. ↑ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Victoria Marie Calvert to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia)". United States Senate. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  14. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Victoria Marie Calvert to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia)". United States Senate. March 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  15. ↑ Victoria Calvert at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  16. ↑ Murrow, Mariya (September 30, 2021). "Biden nominates Georgia woman for U.S. District Court". CBS46 News Atlanta. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
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