| 词条 | Walter Scott Smith Jr. |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Walter Scott Smith Jr. | honorific-suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas | term_start = 2003 | term_end = 2010 | predecessor = James Robertson Nowlin | successor = Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. | office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas | term_start1 = October 4, 1984 | term_end1 = September 14, 2016 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = Ronald Reagan | predecessor1 = Seat established by 98 Stat. 333 | successor1 = Alan D. Albright | pronunciation = | birth_name = Walter Scott Smith Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|10|26}} | birth_place = Marlin, Texas | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = | otherparty = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = Baylor University (B.A.) Baylor Law School (J.D.) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} Walter Scott Smith Jr. (born October 26, 1940) is a retired United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Education and careerBorn in Marlin, Texas, Smith received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University in 1964. He received a Juris Doctor from Baylor Law School in 1966. He was in private practice in Waco from 1966 to 1980. He was a judge of the 54th State District Court in McLennan County, Texas from 1980 to 1983.[1] Federal judicial serviceSmith was a United States Magistrate for the Western District of Texas, from 1983 to 1984. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 11, 1984, to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 3, 1984, and received his commission on October 4, 1984.[1] He served as Chief Judge from 2003 to 2010. He retired on September 14, 2016.[2] Suspension from officeOn December 3, 2015, the Judicial Council of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit suspended Smith from office for a year, allowing him to clear cases already on his docket. Cases filed in the Waco Division of the Western District will be handled by visiting judges during Smith's suspension. The suspension resulted due to allegations of unwanted sexual advances by Smith towards a female courthouse employee in his chambers in 1998.[3] The suspension ended with his retirement. References1. ^1 {{FJC Bio|2230|nid=1388026|name=Walter Scott Smith Jr.}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-judge-texas-reprimanded-misconduct-retires-42207495|title=ABC News|first=ABC|last=News|website=ABC News}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wacotrib.com/news/courts_and_trials/waco-federal-judge-reprimanded-for-sexual-misconduct-stripped-of-new/article_319e2f91-f1d7-5dfe-8311-550de00981a4.html|title=Waco federal judge reprimanded for sexual misconduct, stripped of new cases for a year|first=TOMMY WITHERSPOON|last=twitherspoon@wacotrib.com|publisher=}} Sources
8 : 1940 births|Living people|Baylor University alumni|Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas|United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan|20th-century American judges|United States magistrate judges|People from Marlin, Texas |
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