Terry F. Moorer

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Terry Moorer

|image = Terry F. Moorer.jpg

|office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

|term_start = September 4, 2018

|term_end =

|appointer = Donald Trump

|predecessor = William Steele

|successor =

|office1 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

|term_start1 = 2007

|term_end1 = 2018

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|20}}

|birth_place = Greenville, Alabama, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|education = Marion Military Institute (AA)
Huntingdon College (BA)
University of Alabama (JD)

|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

|branch = {{army|United States}}

|serviceyears = 1981–2014

|rank = Colonel

|unit = Alabama Army National Guard

|mawards = Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Army Commendation Medal (2)
Army Achievement Medal
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (2)
National Defense Service Medal (2)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (4)
Army Service Ribbon

}}

Terry Fitzgerald Moorer (born January 20, 1961) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. He was formerly a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Biography

Moorer earned his Associate of Arts from the Marion Military Institute, his Bachelor of Arts from Huntingdon College, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law.

Before assuming his judgeship, Judge Moorer served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, as a Command Judge Advocate in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and as an attorney in the Office of Staff Judge Advocate at Fort Rucker.{{Cite web |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/08/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-candidate-nominations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509012131/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/08/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-candidate-nominations |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 9, 2017 |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations |date=May 8, 2017}} As a colonel in the Alabama National Guard, Moorer was the primary architect of the Alabama Code of Military Justice.{{Cite web |url=http://altoday.com/archives/16699-donald-trump-eyes-two-conservative-alabama-judges-to-fill-federal-court-vacancies |title=Donald Trump Eyes Two Conservative Alabama Judges to Fill Federal Court Vacancies |date=May 8, 2017}}

= Federal judicial service =

Moorer served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, a position he assumed on January 3, 2007, and left on September 4, 2018, when he became a district judge.{{Cite web |url=http://www.almd.uscourts.gov/judges/honorable-terry-fitzgerald-moorer |title=Honorable Terry Fitzgerald Moorer |publisher=United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama |access-date=May 9, 2017 |archive-date=May 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518210419/http://www.almd.uscourts.gov/judges/honorable-terry-fitzgerald-moorer |url-status=dead }}

On May 8, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Moorer to an unspecified seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170509012131/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/08/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-candidate-nominations "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations" White House, May 8, 2017]

On September 7, 2017, President Trump nominated Moorer to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, to the seat vacated by Judge William H. Steele, who assumed senior status on June 8, 2017.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/07/nine-nominations-sent-senate-today "Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", White House, September 7, 2017] On November 1, 2017, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/11/01/2017/nominations United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for November 1, 2017] On December 7, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%2012-07-17.pdf Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 7, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee]

On January 3, 2018, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2018/1/3/daily-digest "Congressional Record", United States Senate, January 3, 2018] On January 5, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Moorer to a federal judgeship.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-renomination-21-judicial-nominees/ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Renomination of 21 Judicial Nominees", White House, January 5, 2018] On January 8, 2018, his renomination was sent to the Senate.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/nominations-sent-senate-today-2/ "Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, January 8, 2018] On January 18, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–4 vote.[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%2001-18-181.pdf Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee] On August 28, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by voice vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/1418|title=PN1418 — Terry Fitzgerald Moorer — The Judiciary|last=|first=|date=January 8, 2018|website=United States Senate|access-date=August 28, 2018|language=en}} He received his judicial commission on September 4, 2018.{{FJC Bio|nid=5152931|inline=yes}}

Moorer was one of three judges that ruled Alabama's proposed redistricting maps unconstitutional under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The three judge panel's ruling was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Allen v. Milligan.{{Cite web|date=January 24, 2022|title=Singleton v. Merrill & Milligan v. Merrill|url=https://redistricting.lls.edu/wp-content/uploads/AL-milligan-20220124-opinion-and-order-granting-PI.pdf|access-date=July 6, 2023}}