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VIA U.P.S. No. 1Z64589FP298665718 February 15, 2014

U.S. Marshal William B. Berger, Sr.

Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse

801 N. Florida Avenue, 4th Floor

Tampa, FL 33602-4519Telephone: (813) 483-4200

Dear U.S. Marshal William B. Berger, Sr.:

Thank you for your phone call Thursday January 30, 2014. I share your frustration with this

matter, which is a state-wide problem of The Florida Bar usurping the Article III judicial power

of the United States.

My petition for rehearing Petition No. 13-7280 was filed February 7, 2014, copy enclosed, along

with a guide to the proceedings and a CD-ROM.

Soon I plan to serve a couple of motions. I would like the U.S. Marshal to serve courtesy copies

on the Chief Justice, Associate and Retired Justices shown on the enclosed list. Please advise.

In the past my filings to the Court have gone missing. I called the Court on February 6, 2014 and

a deputy clerk could not find a letter the Court sent me February 4, 2014. This happened before.

I believe Jeffrey Atkins, Supervisor of New Cases (202) 479-3263, has been involved, and likely

others within the Court. I want to be sure my petition for rehearing is actually considered.

The Supreme Court gets about 10,000 petitions for writ of certiorari a year. All petitions are filed

in paper. The Supreme Court does not use CM/ECF or PACER like other federal courts.

Anything sent to the Supreme Court at 1 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20543, is re-routed to

a decontamination facility called the Supreme Court Warehouse, 3035 V Street NE, Washington,

DC 20018-1520 where items go through a security process. That process usually takes one day,

then the items are delivered to the Supreme Court and eventually to the case analyst.

My case analyst is Clayton R. Higgins, Jr. (202) 479-3019. I believe the case analyst is assigned

alphabetically to the petitioner. My first submission to the Supreme Court was in June 2011, a

Rule 22 Application to a single justice, Justice Thomas, who is assigned to hear matters arising

in the jurisdiction of the U.S. Eleventh Circuit. Prior to filing I spoke with staff attorney Danny

Bickell (202) 479-3024, who seemed forthright as one might expect of the Supreme Court. Butonce my Rule 22 Application was served on the Florida Respondents, things changed. My calls

to the Court usually went unanswered. My two Rule 22 Applications were not presented to

Justice Thomas, but returned to me citing errors.

During the review of Petition No. 12-7747, I filed on January 22, 2013 two items that were not

docketed by the Court, see enclosed my letter February 11, 2013 to then-Clerk William Suter.


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U.S. Marshal William B. Berger, Sr. February 15, 2014

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1. Rule 12.6 Notice to the Clerk of the Court, party interest; and Rule 29 Proof of Service

2. Rule 8 Notice, conduct unbecoming a member of the Bar of this Court [Ryan C. Rodems]

verified, with separate volume appendix; and Rule 29 Proof of Service.

The current Clerk of the Supreme Court is Scott S. Harris. The above is representative but notinclusive of fraud or impairment of Petition. No. 12-7747.

You asked about Sonja Mullerin and the pronunciation of her name. I know her as Alison

Sunny Maynard. Sunny is an experienced attorney and former Assistant Attorney General

from Colorado. Sunny claims she got on the wrong side of special interests, which led to

disciplinary charges and a suspended law license. Sunny relocated to Gainesville, and changed

her name to get a fresh start in a new profession. That plan was disrupted by a landlord-tenant

dispute, where Sunny found RICO racketeering in Florida Courts as I did. Sunny sought the

assistance and protection of an Article III federal judge, as I did in my case, and found what I

found: The Florida Bar has usurped what Article III calls the judicial power of the United States.

Sunny found me through my RICO pleading filed in the Eleventh Circuit, posted on Scribd, and

promoted by others. We corresponded by email for a time, I spoke with her once by phone, but I

have not met her in person. This is a link to Sunnys blog http://therealcolorado.blogspot.com/

A deputy clerk in the Ocala Division, Mary Jo Taylor, told me the US Marshal did not serve

summons when I filed the complaint September 28, 2010 in 5:10-cv-503. A couple days later

when I filed more papers, Mary Jo was there, and was on the verge of tears. While I am not

certain what upset her, it may have been related to instructions from her superiors to obstruct my

case. Over time Mary Jo was friendly and helpful in explaining things.

A month before I filed my case I wrote August 30, 2010 to James Leanheart, Court OperationsSupervisor, see enclosed. When I spoke with Mr. Leanheart October 19, 2012, he refused to say

whom he contacted about my letter, or what his superiors told him. Unfortunately I believe my

letter had the unintended consequence of obstructing my case.

During our phone call you suggested I contact the media, and my response was not complete.

Disability makes real-time communication difficult for me, as I cant think fast enough to fully

respond. Colleen Jenkins of the Tampa Bay Times wrote a piece January 22, 2010 limited to a

JQC conflict, Client-turned-adversary accuses Tampa law firm of conflict in judicial bid. Also,

http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/client-turned-adversary-accuses-tampa-law-firm-of-

conflict-in-judicial-bid/1067460

The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse, then Adam Liptak, no interest.

The Los Angeles Times, no response.

James E. Doughton, Publisher, Ocala Star-Banner, interested only if certiorari is granted

Patrick J. Talamantes, CEO, The McClatchy Company, no response

Daily Business Review, John Pacenti, no response

Tallahassee Democrat, Martha Gruender, no response


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I also contacted public interest groups like the ACLU, First Amendment Foundation, Common

Good, HALT, Reporters Committee, and Responsive Law in Washington DC. I also contacted

people-friendly law firms like the Gerry Spence Law Firm in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Over the

years I have made hundreds of different contacts.

See the accompanying information on 28 U.S.C. Chapter 37 - United States Marshals Service.

Does 564 and or 566 give you authority to investigate felony crimes in this matter, like the

Honest Services Fraud (18 U.S.C. 1346) of Judge Martha Cook and Mr. Rodems on September

28, 2010 in Hillsborough County? Or obstructing justice, and unlicensed practice of law (UPL)

in federal court, when Mr. Rodems represented the state of Florida? Only the Florida Attorney

General may represent the the State of Florida in a federal court action, Fla. Const. Art IV 4,

F.S. 16.01, and State ex rel. Shevin v. Weinstein. See attached page from Petition No. 12-7747.

UPL is a 3d felony subject to 5-yrs in prison (454.23), defined by Florida Bar Rule 10-2.1(a):

(a) Unlicensed Practice of Law. The unlicensed practice of law shall mean the practice

of law, as prohibited by statute, court rule, and case law of the state of Florida.

Only the Attorney General of Florida may represent the State of Florida in a federal court

action, Fla. Const. Art IV 4, F.S. 16.01, State ex rel. Shevin v. Weinstein.

Mr. Rodems is not the Attorney General. Pam Bondi is the Attorney General of Florida.

Please advise if the U.S. Marshal can serve courtesy copies on the Chief Justice, Associate and

Retired Justices shown on the enclosed list.

You may call, respond by letter, or email at my email address below. Thank you in advance for

the courtesy of a response. Time is of the essence.

Sincerely,

Neil J. Gillespie

8092 SW 115th Loop

Ocala, Florida

Telephone: (352) 854-7807

Email: [email protected]

Enclosures


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February 11, 2013The Honorable William K. SuterClerk of the CourtSupreme Court of the United States1 First Street, NEWashington, DC 20543

RE: Petition No. 12-7747, Gillespie v. Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, FL, et al.Dear Hon. Clerk Suter:On January 22, 2013 I submitted the following documents for filing in the above petition, and asof today I do not see them posted on the Court's docket page at this link.http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles/12-7747.htm1. Rule 12.6 Notice to the Clerk of the Court, party interest; and Rule 29 Proofof Service2. Rule 8 Notice, conduct unbecoming a member of the Bar of this Court, verified, withseparate volume appendix; and Rule 29 Proof of Service.Tomorrow February 12, 2013 I plan to submit for delivery to the Court February 13, 2013 aSupplemental riefpursuant to Rule 15.8, Any party may file a supplemental brief at any timewhile a petition for a writ of certiorari is pending, calling attention to new cases, new legislation,or other intervening matter not available at the time of the party's last filing.My petition has been distributed for conference February 15, 2013. I am concerned that since theabove Rule 12.6 and Rule 8 filings do not appear to be docketed, that there may be a problem,although I have proofof delivery to the Court for those filings. I request that the Court docketmy Rule 15.8 Supplemental Briefupon arrival, because time is of the essence.Also, I do not have a response from Jeffrey Atkins, Supervisor ofNew Cases, to my letter datedJanuary 22, 2013. I tried speaking with hin1 by phone, but forgot whom I spoke with earlier, dueto a memory deficit disability, and that was a problem. I intend to fully cooperate. Thank you.Sincerely,

:: / ~~ 1il J. Gi les8092 SW 5th Loop( Ocala, r ida 34481Telephone: (352) 854-7807Email: [email protected]


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28 U.S.C. Chapter 37 - United States Marshals Service

Does 564 and or 566 give you authority to investigate felony crimes in this matter, like the

Honest Services Fraud (18 U.S.C. 1346) of Judge Martha Cook and Mr. Rodems on September

28, 2010 in Hillsborough County? Or obstructing justice, and unlicensed practice of law in

federal court, when Mr. Rodems represented the state of Florida? Only the Florida AttorneyGeneral may represent the the State of Florida in a federal court action, Fla. Const. Art IV 4,

F.S. 16.01, and State ex rel. Shevin v. Weinstein. See attached page from Petition No. 12-7747.

Under 28 U.S.C. 564 - Powers as sheriff

United States marshals, deputy marshals and such other officials of the Service as may be

designated by the Director, in executing the laws of the United States within a State, may

exercise the same powers which a sheriff of the State may exercise in executing the laws

thereof.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/564

28 U.S.C. 566 - Powers and duties

(d) Each United States marshal, deputy marshal, and any other official of the Service as

may be designated by the Director may carry firearms and make arrests without warrant

for any offense against the United States committed in his or her presence, or for any

felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if he or she has reasonable grounds

to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony.

Underline added.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/566

(e)

(1) The United States Marshals Service is authorized to

(A) provide for the personal protection of Federal jurists, court officers, witnesses, and

other threatened persons in the interests of justice where criminal intimidation impedes

on the functioning of the judicial process or any other official proceeding;


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Discussion of the first question presented

1. Can a Florida lawyer in private practice usurp the authority of an Article III

federal judge in a federal civil rights and disability lawsuit, by improperly representing

the State of Florida during a coercive custody of the disabled and mentally impaired

petitioner to force a settlement, and assign the petitioners claims against the State ofFlorida to himself and his law partners, then move to dismiss the federal lawsuit with

prejudice on behalf of the State of Florida?

The answer is no. Only the Florida Attorney General can represent the State of Florida, which in

this petition includes the following Respondents:

Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Florida

Claudia Rickert Isom, Circuit Judge, and individually

James M. Barton, II, Circuit Judge, and individually

Martha J. Cook, Circuit Judge, and individuallyDavid A. Rowland, Court Counsel, and individually

Gonzalo B. Casares, ADA Coordinator, and individually

Case law holds that a circuit court judge does not have authority to appoint counsel to represent

the State of Florida:

Only the Attorney General of Florida may represent the State of Florida in a federal court

action. A circuit court judge was without the authority to appoint an acting state attorney

to represent the state in an action pending before a federal court. State ex reI. Shevin v.

Weinstein, 353 So. 2d 1251 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 3d Dis1. 1978).

Section 16.01 Florida Statutes states:

16.01 Residence, office, and duties of Attorney General. The Attorney General:

(4) Shall appear in and attend to, in behalf of the state, all suits or prosecutions, civil or

criminal or in equity, in which the state may be a party, or in anywise interested, in the

Supreme Court and district courts of appeal of this state.

The Florida Constitution: Article IV, SECTION 4. Cabinet.

(b) The attorney general shall be the chief state legal officer. There is created in the officeof the attorney general the position of statewide prosecutor. The statewide prosecutor

shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the state attorneys to prosecute violations of

criminal laws occurring or having occurred, in two or more judicial circuits as part of a

related transaction, or when any such offense is affecting or has affected two or more

judicial circuits as provided by general law. The statewide prosecutor shall be appointed

by the attorney general from not less than three persons nominated by the judicial

nominating commission for the supreme court, or as otherwise provided by general law.

Petition No. 12-7747, page 8


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VIA U.P.S. No. 1Z64589FNY97993191 October 28, 2013

James E. Doughton, Publisher

Ocala Star-Banner

2121 SW 19th Ave. Road

Ocala, FL 34471

RE: U.S. Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges, Petition(s) to the U.S. Supreme Court

Dear Mr. Doughton,

Thank you and the Ocala Star-Banner for coverage over the years of Judge Hodges and the

Ocala Division of the U.S. District Court. Enclosed you will find information about a 1971

citizen legal challenge to the investiture of Judge Hodges, Jim Fair v. W.T. Hodges, et al.,

Petition No. 71-6883 to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case of Jim Fair came to my attention

through Judge Hodges comments reported in the Ocala Star-Banner, Snipes' tax evasion trial

stays in Ocala, by Rick Cundiff, Ocala Star-Banner, December 27, 2007.

Earlier this year my Petition No. 12-7747 for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court was denied

February 19, 2013, and rehearing denied April 15, 2013. In May 2013 Diana R. Esposito, Florida

Chief-Assistant Attorney General, provided me incriminating public records showing fraud or

impairment of Petition No. 12-7747, a legitimate government activity, 18 U.S.C. 371, etc.

October 23, 2013 I made a new petition to the U.S. Supreme Court over a wrongful foreclosure

of aHome Equity Conversion Mortgage, called a HECM reverse mortgage, the fraud and

impairment of Petition No. 12-7747, and political persecution by The Florida Bar, Judge Hodges,

and attorneys Ryan Christopher Rodems and Eugene P. Castagliuolo.

This time I asked President Jimmy Carter for an observer, assistance from the United Nations

High Commissioner for Human Rights, and asked the Human Rights Committee to receive and

consider communications in this matter under article 41, the International Covenant on Civil and

Political Rights (ICCPR). My new petition does not yet appear on the Courts online docket.

Also enclosed is the Affidavit of Neil J Gillespie,I have a well-founded fear of political

persecution, and the Affidavit of Neil J. Gillespie, fraud or impairment of Petition No. 12-7747,

provided to Gabriela Knaul, Special Rapporteur, Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Geneva,

and Shuaib Chalklen, Special Rapporteur on Disability, United Nations Enable, New York.

Sincerely,

Neil J. Gillespie

8092 SW 115th Loop

Ocala, Florida 34481

Email: [email protected]

Enclosures


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John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States,was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Marie Sullivan in

1996 and they have two children - Josephine and John. He received an A.B. from

Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He served as

a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the

Second Circuit from 19791980 and as a law clerk for then-Associate Justice William

H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1980 Term. He

was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice from19811982, Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House

Counsels Office from 19821986, and Principal Deputy Solicitor General, U.S.

Department of Justice from 19891993. From 19861989 and 19932003, he

practiced law in Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the United States Court of

Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003. President George W. Bush

nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States, and he took his seat September

29, 2005.

Antonin Scalia, Associate Just ice,was born in Trenton, New Jersey, March 11, 1936. He married Maureen McCarthy

and has nine children - Ann Forrest, Eugene, John Francis, Catherine Elisabeth,Mary Clare, Paul David, Matthew, Christopher James, and Margaret Jane. He

received his A.B. from Georgetown University and the University of Fribourg,

Switzerland, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School, and was a Sheldon Fellow of

Harvard University from 19601961. He was in private practice in Cleveland, Ohio

from 19611967, a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia from 19671971,

and a Professor of Law at the University of Chicago from 19771982, and a Visiting

Professor of Law at Georgetown University and Stanford University. He was

chairman of the American Bar Associations Section of Administrative Law,

19811982, and its Conference of Section Chairmen, 19821983. He served the

federal government as General Counsel of the Office of Telecommunications Policy

from 19711972, Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States

from 19721974, and Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel from

19741977. He was appointed Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the

District of Columbia Circuit in 1982. President Reagan nominated him as anAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat September 26, 1986.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biograp


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Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice,was born in Sacramento, California, July 23, 1936. He married Mary Davis and has

three children. He received his B.A. from Stanford University and the London School

of Economics, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He was in private practice in

San Francisco, California from 19611963, as well as in Sacramento, California from

19631975. From 1965 to 1988, he was a Professor of Constitutional Law at the

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. He has served in numerous

positions during his career, including a member of the California Army National

Guard in 1961, the board of the Federal Judicial Center from 19871988, and two

committees of the Judicial Conference of the United States: the Advisory Panel onFinancial Disclosure Reports and Judicial Activities, subsequently renamed the

Advisory Committee on Codes of Conduct, from 19791987, and the Committee on

Pacific Territories from 19791990, which he chaired from 19821990. He was

appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1975.

President Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and

he took his seat February 18, 1988.

Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice,was born in the Pin Point community of Georgia near Savannah June 23, 1948. He

married Virginia Lamp in 1987 and has one child, Jamal Adeen, by a previousmarriage. He attended Conception Seminary and received an A.B., cum laude, from

Holy Cross College, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. He was admitted to

law practice in Missouri in 1974, and served as an Assistant Attorney General of

Missouri from 19741977, an attorney with the Monsanto Company from 19771979,

and Legislative Assistant to Senator John Danforth from 19791981. From

19811982, he served as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of

Education, and as Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

from 19821990. He became a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the

District of Columbia Circuit in 1990. President Bush nominated him as an Associate

Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat October 23, 1991.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice,was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 15, 1933. She married Martin D. Ginsburg in

1954, and has a daughter, Jane, and a son, James. She received her B.A. from

Cornell University, attended Harvard Law School, and received her LL.B. from

Columbia Law School. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edmund L.

Palmieri, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New

York, from 19591961. From 19611963, she was a research associate and then

associate director of the Columbia Law School Project on International Procedure.

She was a Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law from 19631972,

and Columbia Law School from 19721980, and a fellow at the Center for Advanced

Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California from 19771978. In 1971,

she was instrumental in launching the Womens Rights Project of the American Civil

Liberties Union, and served as the ACLUs General Counsel from 19731980, and

on the National Board of Directors from 19741980. She was appointed a Judge of

the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980.

President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and

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Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice,was born in San Francisco, California, August 15, 1938. He married Joanna Hare in

1967, and has three children - Chloe, Nell, and Michael. He received an A.B. from

Stanford University, a B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford, and an LL.B. from

Harvard Law School. He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur Goldberg of the

Supreme Court of the United States during the 1964 Term, as a Special Assistant to

the Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Antitrust, 19651967, as an Assistant Special

Prosecutor of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973, as Special Counsel of

the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 19741975, and as Chief Counsel of the

committee, 19791980. He was an Assistant Professor, Professor of Law, andLecturer at Harvard Law School, 19671994, a Professor at the Harvard University

Kennedy School of Government, 19771980, and a Visiting Professor at the College

of Law, Sydney, Australia and at the University of Rome. From 19801990, he

served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and as

its Chief Judge, 19901994. He also served as a member of the Judicial Conference

of the United States, 19901994, and of the United States Sentencing Commission,

19851989. President Clinton nominated him as an Associate Justice of the

Supreme Court, and he took his seat August 3, 1994.

Samuel Anthony Al ito, Jr., Associate Justice,was born in Trenton, New Jersey, April 1, 1950. He married Martha-Ann Bomgardnerin 1985, and has two children - Philip and Laura. He served as a law clerk for

Leonard I. Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from

19761977. He was Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 19771981,

Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 19811985, Deputy

Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 19851987, and U.S.

Attorney, District of New Jersey, 19871990. He was appointed to the United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1990. President George W. Bush nominated

him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat January 31,

2006.

Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice,was born in Bronx, New York, on June 25, 1954. She earned a B.A. in 1976 from

Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the university's

highest academic honor. In 1979, she earned a J.D. from Yale Law School where

she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. She served as Assistant District

Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office from 19791984. She then

litigated international commercial matters in New York City at Pavia & Harcourt,

where she served as an associate and then partner from 19841992. In 1991,

President George H.W. Bush nominated her to the U.S. District Court, Southern

District of New York, and she served in that role from 19921998. She served as a

judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 19982009.

President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme

Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009.



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Elena Kagan, Associate Justice,was born in New York, New York, on April 28, 1960. She received an A.B. from

Princeton in 1981, an M. Phil. from Oxford in 1983, and a J.D. from Harvard Law

School in 1986. She clerked for Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for

the D.C. Circuit from 1986-1987 and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S.

Supreme Court during the 1987 Term. After briefly practicing law at a Washington,

D.C. law firm, she became a law professor, first at the University of Chicago Law

School and later at Harvard Law School. She also served for four years in the

Clinton Administration, as Associate Counsel to the President and then as Deputy

Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. Between 2003 and 2009, she servedas the Dean of Harvard Law School. In 2009, President Obama nominated her as

the Solicitor General of the United States. After serving in that role for a year, the

President nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 10,

2010. She took her seat on August 7, 2010.

Sandra Day OConnor (Retired), Associate Just ice,was born in El Paso, Texas, March 26, 1930. She married John Jay OConnor III in

1952 and has three sons - Scott, Brian, and Jay. She received her B.A. and LL.B.

from Stanford University. She served as Deputy County Attorney of San Mateo

County, California from 19521953 and as a civilian attorney for QuartermasterMarket Center, Frankfurt, Germany from 19541957. From 19581960, she

practiced law in Maryvale, Arizona, and served as Assistant Attorney General of

Arizona from 19651969. She was appointed to the Arizona State Senate in1969 and

was subsequently reelected to two two-year terms. In 1975 she was elected Judge of

the Maricopa County Superior Court and served until 1979, when she was appointed

to the Arizona Court of Appeals. President Reagan nominated her as an Associate

Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat September 25, 1981. Justice

OConnor retired from the Supreme Court on January 31, 2006.

David H. Souter (Retired), Associate Just ice,was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, September 17, 1939. He graduated fromHarvard College, from which he received his A.B. After two years as a Rhodes

Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, he received an A.B. in Jurisprudence from

Oxford University and an M.A. in 1989. After receiving an LL.B. from Harvard Law

School, he was an associate at Orr and Reno in Concord, New Hampshire from

1966 to 1968, when he became an Assistant Attorney General of New Hampshire. In

1971, he became Deputy Attorney General and in 1976, Attorney General of New

Hampshire. In 1978, he was named an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of

New Hampshire, and was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Hampshire as an

Associate Justice in 1983. He became a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals

for the First Circuit on May 25, 1990. President Bush nominated him as an Associate

Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat October 9, 1990. Justice Souter

retired from the Supreme Court on June 29, 2009.



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