Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office May 25, 2017
Appointed by
Donald Trump
Preceded by
Boyce F. Martin Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
In office January 4, 2008 – May 30, 2017
Appointed by
George W. Bush
Preceded by
Joseph Martin Hood
Succeeded by
Robert E. Wier
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky
In office March 20, 2006 – January 4, 2008
President
George W. Bush
Preceded by
Gregory F. Van Tatenhove
Succeeded by
Kerry B. Harvey
Personal details
Born
(1969-04-29) April 29, 1969 (age 55) Troy, Michigan, U.S.
Spouse
Kim Schulte
Children
3
Education
Boston College (BS) University of California, Berkeley (JD)
Amul Roger Thapar (born April 29, 1969) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He previously served as a U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2008 to 2017 and as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2006 to 2008. Thapar was President Donald Trump's first Court of Appeals appointment and Trump's second judicial appointment after Justice Neil Gorsuch. Thapar was discussed as a candidate for the Supreme Court of the United States.
Amul Roger Thapar (born April 29, 1969) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals...
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(parliamentary convention). Courts of appeals "On the Nomination (Confirmation Amul R. Thapar, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge)". United States Senate...
1991–93 Joseph L. Famularo 1993-2001 Gregory F. Van Tatenhove 2001-2005 AmulThapar 2006–2008 James A. Zerhusen 2008–2010 E.J Walbourn 2010 Kerry B. Harvey...
American male (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky): AmulThapar (1994) in 2007 First African American male: Daniel Cameron in 2019 First...
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from the list were Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Britt Grant, AmulThapar and David Stras, who were all elevated to the courts of appeals by President...
Mutual Fire. Ins. Co., 632 F.3d 250, 252-253 (6th Cir. 2011). Judge AmulThapar explained in Freeland: "The amount in controversy in this declaratory...
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