David Nuffer
{{Short description|American judge (born 1952)}}
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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah
| term_start = April 2, 2022
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| office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah
| term_start1 = September 1, 2014
| term_end1 = October 1, 2018
| predecessor1 = Ted Stewart
| successor1 = Robert J. Shelby
| office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah
| term_start2 = March 23, 2012
| term_end2 = April 2, 2022
| appointer2 = Barack Obama
| predecessor2 = Dale A. Kimball
| successor2 = Ann Marie McIff Allen
| office3 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah
| term_start3 = 1995
| term_end3 = 2012
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| birth_name = David Ogden Nuffer
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|02|28}}
| birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.
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David Ogden Nuffer (born February 28, 1952) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
Biography
Nuffer was born in 1952 in Portland, Oregon.{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/DavidNuffer-PublicQuestionnaire.pdf|title=United States Senate Questionnaire|publisher=}} He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1975 and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at (BYU) in 1978. He served in private practice from 1978 until 2002. He was formerly a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. He served in a part-time capacity while remaining a practicing lawyer starting in 1995 and became full-time in 2003, serving until his elevation to District Judge in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.utd.uscourts.gov/judges/nuffer_resume.html|title=Judge Nuffer – Resume|access-date=2008-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516063455/http://www.utd.uscourts.gov/judges/nuffer_resume.html|archive-date=2008-05-16|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legalspan.com/catalog2/faculty.asp?UserID=200801221138552720952%20%20%20%20%20&OwnerColor=%238A261E&recID=20080122-272095-113855|title= David Nuffer- U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of Utah
|access-date=2008-06-19 }} Since 2001 he has been an adjunct professor at BYU. He served as president of the Utah State Bar from 2000 to 2001.{{FJC Bio|nid=1393926|inline=yes}}
=Federal judicial service=
On June 29, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Nuffer to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Utah.{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/29/president-obama-nominates-two-united-states-district-court|work=whitehouse.gov|title=President Obama Nominates Two to the United States District Court|via=National Archives|date=29 June 2011}} He would replace Judge Dale A. Kimball, who assumed senior status in 2009. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination on September 20, 2011 and reported it to the floor on October 13, 2011. On March 22, 2012, the United States Senate confirmed Nuffer by a 96–2 vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00057|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation David Nuffer, of Utah, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah)|website=www.senate.gov}} He received his commission on March 23, 2012. He served as Chief Judge from 2014 to 2018. He assumed senior status on April 2, 2022.
On March 1, 2018, the District of Utah established a southern region serving the southern part of the state. In April 2019, Nuffer moved to southern Utah, becoming the first district judge in Utah to reside off the Wasatch Front. He has chambers in the St. George. The federal court leases offices and a courtroom there.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{FJC Bio|nid=1393926}}
- {{Ballotpedia|David_Nuffer}}
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Category:Brigham Young University alumni
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Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Utah
Category:United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama