The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is a federal appellate court over the following U.S. district courts:
Richard Taylor Rives was an American lawyer and judge. A native of Alabama,he was the sole Democrat among the "Fifth Circuit Four," four United States circuit judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the 1950s and 1960s that issued a series of decisions crucial in advancing the civil and political rights of African-Americans. At that time,the Fifth Circuit included not only Louisiana,Mississippi,and Texas,but also Alabama,Georgia,and Florida,and the Panama Canal Zone.
William Holcombe Pryor Jr. is an American lawyer who has served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since 2020. He was appointed as a United States circuit judge of the court by President George W. Bush in 2004. He is a former commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission. Previously,he was the attorney general of Alabama,from 1997 to 2004.
Frank Minis Johnson Jr. was a United States district judge and United States circuit judge serving 1955 to 1999 on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama,United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He made landmark civil rights rulings that helped end segregation and disenfranchisement of African Americans in the South. In the words of journalist and historian Bill Moyers,Judge Johnson "altered forever the face of the South."
Fred David Gray is an American civil rights attorney,preacher,activist,and state legislator from Alabama. He handled many prominent civil rights cases,such as Browder v. Gayle,and was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1970,along with Thomas Reed,both from Tuskegee. They were the first black state legislators in Alabama in the 20th century. He served as the president of the National Bar Association in 1985,and in 2001 was elected as the first African-American President of the Alabama State Bar.
Richard Allen Griffin is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Previously,he was a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals.
William Harold Albritton III is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
William Howard Steele is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Clarence William Allgood was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
William Eugene Davis,known as W. Eugene Davis,is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. His chambers are in New Orleans,Louisiana.
Robert Edward Varner was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
John Cooper Godbold was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Callie Virginia Granade is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. The first female federal prosecutor in Mobile,Granade became the first woman in Alabama to be named a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers,and the first female federal district judge in her district.
Seybourn Harris Lynne was an American jurist. He was United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He was Chief Judge of the court from 1953 to 1973. At the time of his death,he was the longest-serving judge on the federal bench and the last remaining judge appointed by President Truman. Judge Lynne served from 1946 to 2000,although his final 27 years were in senior status.
Thomas Virgil Pittman was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Myron Herbert Thompson is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
Eric Gerard Bruggink is a senior judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims,having served as an active member of that court from 1986 to 2001.
Emily Michele Coody Marks is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
Robert Austin Huffaker Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
