Stanley S. Harris

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| name = Stanley S. Harris

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| caption = Harris with President George H. W. Bush in 1990

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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia

| term_start = February 1, 1996

| term_end = June 2, 2001

| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia

| term_start1 = November 14, 1983

| term_end1 = February 1, 1996

| nominator1 =

| appointer1 = Ronald Reagan

| predecessor1 = John Lewis Smith Jr.

| successor1 = John D. Bates

| office2 = United States Attorney for the District of Columbia

| term_start2 = 1982

| term_end2 = 1983

| nominator2 =

| appointer2 = Ronald Reagan

| predecessor2 = Charles Ruff

| successor2 = Joseph diGenova

| office3 = Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

| term_start3 = 1972

| term_end3 = 1982

| nominator3 =

| appointer3 = Richard Nixon

| predecessor3 = Seat established

| successor3 = John A. Terry

| office4 = Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

| term_start4 = 1970

| term_end4 = 1972

| nominator4 =

| appointer4 = Richard Nixon

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|10|19}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|08|13|1927|10|19}}

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| education = University of Virginia (BS, LLB)

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Stanley Sutherland Harris{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stanley-harris-us-attorney-and-federal-judge-dies-at-93/2021/08/25/a0d42486-0439-11ec-a266-7c7fe02fa374_story.html|title=Stanley Harris, U.S. attorney and federal judge, dies at 93|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 25, 2021}} (October 19, 1927 – August 13, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Early life and education

Born in Washington, D.C., Harris was the son of Baseball Hall of Fame manager Bucky Harris of the Washington Senators.{{cite news |author1=Laura A. Kiernan |author2=Benjamin Weiser |title=D.C. Judge Favored for Prosecutor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/10/01/dc-judge-favored-for-prosecutor/b3888361-8359-45bb-823d-44041177c940/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 1, 1981 |page=A1}} He was in the United States Army in the aftermath of World War II, from 1945 to 1947. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia in 1951 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1953, where he was an editor of the Virginia Law Review.{{cite web|title=Virginia Law Review, 1951–1952|url=http://archives.law.virginia.edu/records/rg/106-80/digital/1434|publisher=University of Virginia Law School|accessdate=June 16, 2017|archive-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207191829/http://archives.law.virginia.edu/records/rg/106-80/digital/1434|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/harris-stanley-s.|title=Harris, Stanley S. – Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}

Career

He was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1953 to 1970, when he became a judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1970 to 1972. He then served on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals from 1972 to 1982.{{cite web|url=http://jnc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/jnc/publication/attachments/Record-JNC-Recs-Desigs-Oct13.pdf|title=Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission|publisher=}} In 1980, Harris was one of several more conservative judges, led by Frank Q. Nebeker, who attempted unsuccessfully to prevent the reappointment as chief judge of Theodore R. Newman Jr.{{cite news|last=Weiser|first=Benjamin|title=Judge Newman Defends Himself Against Charges|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 31, 1980|accessdate=May 23, 2017|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/10/31/judge-newman-defends-himself-against-charges/c4fa389a-1873-4d48-8368-78729e7d38ae/}} He left the court to become the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from February 5, 1982, to 1983, where he helped prosecute John Hinckley Jr.{{cite news|last1=Neubauer|first1=Chuck|title=DiGenova's role in Hinckley case doesn't hold up|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/31/digenovas-role-in-hinckley-case-doesnt-hold-up/|accessdate=June 16, 2017|work=Washington Times|date=March 31, 2011}}

Federal judicial service

On November 1, 1983, Harris was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by Judge John Lewis Smith Jr. Harris was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 11, 1983, and received his commission on November 14, 1983. He assumed senior status on February 1, 1996, and served in that capacity until June 2, 2001, when he retired.

Harris died on August 13, 2021, at his home.{{Cite web |title=STANLEY HARRIS Obituary (1927 - 2021) |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/stanley-harris-obituary?id=6323559 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=Legacy.com}}

References

Sources

{{FJC Bio|986|nid=1381866|name=Stanley S. Harris}}
[http://dcchs.org/StanleySHarris/harris_appendix.pdf Interview with Hon. Stanley Harris, Oral History Project, Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit]

{{s-ttl|title=Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals|years=1972–1982}}

{{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia}}|years=1983–1996}}

Category:1927 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:Judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Category:Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Category:United States Army soldiers

Category:United States attorneys for the District of Columbia

Category:United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan

Category:University of Virginia alumni

Category:University of Virginia School of Law alumni

Category:Woodrow Wilson High School (Washington, D.C.) alumni