Allyne R. Ross

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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

| term_start = April 5, 2011

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| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

| term_start1 = September 29, 1994

| term_end1 = April 5, 2011

| appointer1 = Bill Clinton

| predecessor1 = I. Leo Glasser

| successor1 = Margo Kitsy Brodie

| office2 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

| term_start2 = 1986

| term_end2 = 1994

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| education = Wellesley College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

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Allyne Ronna Ross{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEwHxoVeFTEC&pg=PA613|page=613|title=Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, August 17, 18, 25; September 14 and 21, 1994|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1996|isbn=978-0-16-038619-0 }} (born April 5, 1946) {{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pur1.32754066430277&view=1up&seq=625|title=Submissions for the Record|website=babel.hathitrust.org|access-date=August 22, 2023}} is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Early life and education

Born in New York City, Ross received a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1970. She was a staff attorney to the Boston Legal Assistance Project from 1970 to 1971, and was in private practice of law in New York City from 1971 to 1976. She was an attorney in the United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, from 1976 to 1986, and was an assistant United States attorney from 1976 to 1983. She was in the Appeals Division from 1983 to 1986. She was a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1986 to 1994.{{FJC Bio|nid=1387161|inline=yes}}{{Cite web |date=July 22, 1994 |title=President Names Three U.S. District Judges For New York |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/1994/07/1994-07-22-president-names-three-us-district-judges-in-ny.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010120000000/https://www.whitehouse.gov/1994/07/1994-07-22-president-names-three-us-district-judges-in-ny.html |archive-date=January 20, 2001 |access-date=September 4, 2023 |website=White House}} [https://clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov/1994/07/1994-07-22-president-names-three-us-district-judges-in-ny.html Alt URL]

Federal judicial service

On July 22, 1994, Ross was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Judge I. Leo Glasser who assumed senior status on July 1, 1993. Ross was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28, 1994, and received her commission on September 29, 1994. She assumed senior status on April 5, 2011.