Joel Fredrick Dubina
{{Short description|American judge (born 1947)}}
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| office = Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
| term_start = October 26, 2013
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| office1 = Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
| term_start1 = June 1, 2009
| term_end1 = July 31, 2013
| predecessor1 = James Larry Edmondson
| successor1 = Edward Earl Carnes
| office2 = Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
| term_start2 = October 1, 1990
| term_end2 = October 26, 2013
| appointer2 = George H. W. Bush
| predecessor2 = Robert Smith Vance
| successor2 = Kevin Newsom
| office3 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
| term_start3 = September 15, 1986
| term_end3 = October 5, 1990
| appointer3 = Ronald Reagan
| predecessor3 = Robert Edward Varner
| successor3 = Harold Albritton
| office4 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
| term_start4 = 1983
| term_end4 = 1986
| successor4 = John L. Carroll
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| birth_place = Elkhart, Indiana, U.S.
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| education = University of Alabama (BS)
Samford University (JD)
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Joel Fredrick Dubina (born October 26, 1947) is an American attorney who is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.[http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/about/judges/dubina.php 11th circuit directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917063728/http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/about/judges/dubina.php |date=2008-09-17 }}. Retrieved on December 3, 2008.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2LxFAQAAIAAJ&q=%22dubina,+joel+%22+1947|title=Biographical Directory of the Federal Judiciary|date=4 June 2017|publisher=Bernan Press|isbn=9780890592588|via=Google Books}}
Early life and education
Dubina was born in Elkhart, Indiana. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alabama in 1970, and a Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1973. He was a law clerk to Judge Robert Edward Varner of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama from 1973 to 1974.
Career
Dubina worked in private practice of law in Montgomery, Alabama from 1974 to 1983.{{FJC Bio|652|nid=1380211|name=Joel Fredrick Dubina}}
=Federal judicial service=
Dubina was a United States magistrate judge for the Middle District of Alabama from 1983 to 1986. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 30, 1986, to Varner's seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12, 1986, and received commission on September 15, 1986. His service was terminated on October 5, 1990, following his elevation to the court of appeals.
Dubina was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by President George H. W. Bush on June 7, 1990, to a seat vacated by Judge Robert Smith Vance. Dubina was confirmed by the Senate on September 28, 1990, and received his commission on October 1, 1990. He served as Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit from June 1, 2009, until July 31, 2013. Dubina had announced his intention to assume senior status, effective August 1, 2013,{{cite news|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/local/another-judicial-vacancy-open-11th-circuit/X9NmsGN4LJtiQFFjgqODQL/|title=Another judicial vacancy to open up on 11th Circuit|first=Bill|last=Rankin|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}} but waited until his 66th birthday on October 24, 2013.
In 2009 Dubina served as member of the three-judge panel which denied an "Application for Leave to File a Second or Successive Habeas Corpus Petition" in the Troy Davis case.{{cite news|url=http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200816009ord.pdf|title=In re Troy Davis, Application for Leave to File a Second or Successive Habeas Corpus Petition|publisher=11th Circuit|date=2009-04-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824045809/http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200816009ord.pdf|archive-date=2009-08-24}}
Dubina was on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit panel that reviewed Roger Vinson's decision in Florida v. United States Department of Health and Human Services.{{cite news|last=Kendall|first=Brent|title=Health Overhaul Is Dealt Setback|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904006104576504383685080762|publisher=Wall Street Journal|access-date=September 20, 2011|date=August 13, 2011}}
Personal life
Dubina is married. His daughter, Martha Roby, became an attorney and a politician, first serving on the city council.{{cite book|last1=McCutcheon|first1=Michael|title=2014 Almanac of American Politics|last2=Barone|first2=Chuck|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|year=2013}} She entered politics and was elected in 2010 to the United States House of Representatives from Alabama (AL-2) defeating incumbent congressman Bobby Bright. She has been re-elected to successive terms.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{FJC Bio|nid=1380211}}
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Category:Cumberland School of Law alumni
Category:Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Category:People from Elkhart, Indiana
Category:Lawyers from Montgomery, Alabama
Category:United States court of appeals judges appointed by George H. W. Bush
Category:United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan
Category:United States magistrate judges