Amul Thapar - wikipedia Amul Thapar Amul Thapar Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Incumbent Assumed office May 25, 2017 Appointed by Donald Trump Preceded by Boyce F. Martin Jr. Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky In office January 4, 2008 -- May 25, 2017 Appointed by George W. Bush Preceded by Joseph Martin Hood Succeeded by Vacant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky In office March 2006 -- January 2008 President George W. Bush Preceded by Gregory F. Van Tatenhove Succeeded by Kerry B. Harvey Personal details Amul Roger Thapar ( 1969 - 04 - 29 ) April 29, 1969 ( age 49 ) Troy, Michigan, U.S. Education Boston College ( BS ) UC Berkeley School of Law ( JD ) Amul Roger Thapar ( born April 29, 1969 ) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He became the second Indian American judge of United States courts of appeals after Sri Srinivasan. He was a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2.1 Private practice 2.2 United States Attorney 3 Federal judicial service 3.1 Service as district court judge 3.2 Notable cases as a district court judge 3.3 Service on United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 4 Consideration for Supreme Court 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Early life and education Thapar was born in Troy, Michigan. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College in 1991 and a Juris Doctor from UC Berkeley School of Law in 1994. Career Private practice Thapar was a law clerk to S. Arthur Spiegel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio from 1994 to 1996, and law clerk to Nathaniel R. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1996 to 1997. He was an adjunct professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Law from 1995 to 1997 and from 2002 to 2006. Thapar was an attorney in the law firm of Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. from 1997 to 1999. He was a trial advocacy instructor in the Georgetown University Law Center from 1999 to 2000. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the U.S. Attorney 's Office, Washington, DC from 1999 to 2000. He was general counsel to Equalfooting.com from 2000 to 2001. He returned to private practice at the Squire, Sanders & Dempsey firm in Cincinnati, Ohio from 2001 to 2002. United States Attorney Thapar returned to the U.S. Attorney 's Office as an assistant in the Southern District of Ohio from 2002 to 2006, and was the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2006 to 2007. While an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he was appointed to the Attorney General 's Advisory Committee ( AGAC ) and chaired the AGAC 's Controlled Substances and Asset Forfeiture subcommittee. He also served on its Terrorism and National Security subcommittee, Violent Crime subcommittee, and Child Exploitation working group. Thapar also led the Southern Ohio Mortgage Fraud Task Force, which successfully prosecuted approximately 40 perpetrators of mortgage fraud. He led the successful investigation and prosecution of a conspiracy ring to provide illegal aliens with fraudulent driver 's licenses. Federal Judicial service Service as District Court Judge On May 24, 2007, Thapar was nominated by President George W. Bush for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky seat vacated by Joseph Martin Hood. The American Bar Association rated Thapar Unanimously Well Qualified, with one committee member abstaining. Thapar was confirmed by the Senate on December 13, 2007 and received his commission on January 4, 2008. His service was terminated on May 25, 2017, upon his elevation as a Circuit Judge to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. As a district court judge, Thapar heard cases in Covington, Kentucky outside of Cincinnati, as well as in London and Pikeville. While on the bench, Thapar has served as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University Law School, University of Virginia School of Law, and Northern Kentucky University. He has been an invited guest at Federalist Society programs. Thapar is America 's first federal district judge of South Asian descent. Notable cases as a District Court Judge In 2013, Thapar was assigned to a case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee due to the impending retirement of Judge Thomas Phillips from the Knoxville court. The case involved a high - profile break - in by peace protesters at the Y - 12 National Security Complex 's Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility in July 2012. The three protesters, aged 57 to 82, were convicted. On May 10, 2013, Thapar cited the definition of the federal crime of terrorism to keep the protesters in jail until their sentencing on February 18, 2014. Thapar sentenced one of the defendants, 84 - year - old nun Megan Rice, to 35 months in prison for breaking into the U.S. nuclear weapons complex and using blood to deface a bunker holding bomb - grade uranium, a demonstration that exposed serious security flaws ; Rice had asked not to receive leniency and said she would be honored to receive a life sentence. The two other defendants were sentenced to more than five years in prison, in part because they had much longer criminal histories. The activists ' attorneys asked the judge to sentence them to time they had already served, about nine months, because of their record of goodwill. Thapar said he was concerned they showed no remorse and he wanted the punishment to be a deterrent for other activists. On appeal, the Sixth Circuit reversed the most serious convictions against the protesters and, in May 2015, ordered their immediate release from custody, noting that the protesters ' sentencing guidelines now recommended substantially less time in custody than they had already served. Service on United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit On March 21, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Thapar to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to the seat vacated by Judge Boyce F. Martin Jr., who retired on August 16, 2013. On April 24, 2017, Thapar received a unanimous well qualified rating from the American Bar Association. On April 26, 2017 the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on his nomination. On May 18, 2017, his nomination was reported to the floor of the Senate by a party line vote of 11 -- 8 with one Democrat not voting. He was confirmed by the full Senate with a vote of 52 -- 44 on May 25, 2017. He received his commission on May 25, 2017. Consideration for Supreme Court On September 23, 2016, Thapar was included in a second list of individuals Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump `` would consider as potential replacements for Justice Scalia at the United States Supreme Court. '' According to a statement attributed to Trump and released via his campaign website : We have a very clear choice in this election. The freedoms we cherish and the constitutional values and principles our country was founded on are in jeopardy. The responsibility is greater than ever to protect and uphold these freedoms and I will appoint justices, who like Justice Scalia, will protect our liberty with the highest regard for the Constitution. This list is definitive and I will choose only from it in picking future Justices of the United States Supreme Court. I would like to thank the Federalist Society, The Heritage Foundation and the many other individuals who helped in composing this list of twenty - one highly respected people who are the kind of scholars that we need to preserve the very core of our country, and make it greater than ever before. See also Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates References Jump up ^ `` Amul Thapar becomes second Indian - American judge of US Court of Appeals ''. Hindustan Times. May 26, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Thapar, Amul Roger - Federal Judicial Center ''. www.fjc.gov. ^ Jump up to : `` U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ''. Epw.senate.gov. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Judge Amul Thapar Faculty Law School ''. law.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved May 1, 2017. Jump up ^ Rutkus, Denis Steven, and Bearden, Maureen ( October 2008 ). `` CRS Report for Congress, Nominations to Article III Lower Courts by President George W. Bush During the 110th Congress '' ( PDF ). Congressional Research Service. Jump up ^ American Bar Association, `` Ratings of Article III Judicial Nominees, 110th Congress '', accessed May 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Washington Summary - ABA Governmental Affairs Office Governmental Affairs Office ''. www.americanbar.org. December 14, 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Amul Thapar U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit '' ( PDF ). AFJ Nominee Report. Jump up ^ `` Trump to nominate federal Judge Amul Thapar to 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ''. Kentucky.com. Retrieved May 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Ky judge on Trump 's short list for high court ''. USA TODAY. Retrieved May 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Hon. Amul Thapar ''. www.fed-soc.org. Retrieved May 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judge Amul R. Thapar for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ''. whitehouse.gov. March 21, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Notice '' ( PDF ). United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, Office of the Clerk. Jump up ^ Us v. Walli ( Criminal No. 12 - 107 - ART ), April 30, 2013, retrieved May 2, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Gang, Duane W. ( February 18, 2014 ). `` Nun sentenced to 35 months in nuclear plant break - in ''. USA Today. Retrieved February 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sentencing for Y - 12 Protesters Postponed until January ''. Knoxville News Sentinel. September 13, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2017 -- via Questia. ( Subscription required ( help ) ). Jump up ^ `` Nun, 84, gets 3 years in prison for breaking into nuclear weapons complex ''. CBS News. February 18, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Sister Megan Rice, Freed From Prison, Looks Ahead to More Anti-Nuclear Activism ''. The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Congressional Record ''. Jump up ^ `` President Trump Sends Nominations to the Senate ''. March 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` American Bar Association Judicial Ratings '' ( PDF ). Jump up ^ `` United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary ''. www.judiciary.senate.gov. Jump up ^ `` Senate roll call vote PN105 ''. United States Senate. May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017. Jump up ^ Flores, Reena ( September 23, 2016 ). `` Donald Trump will expand list of possible Supreme Court picks ''. CBS News. Retrieved September 23, 2016 -- via MSN. ^ Jump up to : `` Donald J. Trump Finalizes List of Potential Supreme Court Justice PicksS ''. www.donaldjtrump.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2017. External links Amul Thapar at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center. Amul Thapar at Ballotpedia Biography at University of Virginia School of Law Biography at Northern Kentucky ( archived ) United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Official Website United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky Official Website Knoxville News Sentinel article, 5 / 11 / 2013 Legal offices Preceded by Gregory F. Van Tatenhove United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky 2006 -- 2008 Succeeded by Kerry B. Harvey Preceded by Joseph Martin Hood Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky 2008 -- 2017 Vacant Preceded by Boyce F. Martin Jr. Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 2017 -- present Incumbent Current judges of the United States courts of appeals 1st Circuit Active Howard Torruella Lynch Thompson Kayatta Barron Senior Campbell Selya Boudin Stahl Lipez 2nd Circuit Active Katzmann Jacobs Cabranes Pooler Raggi Hall Livingston Chin Lohier Carney Droney 2 seats vacant Senior Newman Kearse Winter Walker Leval Calabresi Straub Sack Parker Wesley Lynch 3rd Circuit Active D. Smith McKee Ambro Chagares Jordan Hardiman Greenaway Vanaskie Shwartz Krause Restrepo Bibas 2 seats vacant Senior Sloviter Stapleton Greenberg Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth Rendell Barry Fuentes Fisher 4th Circuit Active Gregory Wilkinson Niemeyer Motz Traxler King Duncan Agee Keenan Wynn Diaz Floyd Thacker Harris 1 seat vacant Senior Hamilton Shedd 5th Circuit Active Stewart Jones Smith Dennis Owen Elrod Southwick Haynes Graves Higginson Costa Willett Ho Duncan Engelhardt 2 seats vacant Senior King Reavley Higginbotham Jolly Davis Duhé Barksdale Wiener Benavides Clement 6th Circuit Active Cole Batchelder Moore Clay Gibbons Sutton Cook Griffin Kethledge White Stranch Donald Thapar Bush Larsen Nalbandian Senior Keith Merritt Wellford Guy Ryan Boggs Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Daughtrey Gilman Rogers McKeague 7th Circuit Active Wood Flaum Easterbrook Kanne Rovner Sykes Hamilton Barrett Brennan Scudder St. Eve ( Designate ) Senior Bauer Ripple Manion 8th Circuit Active L. Smith Wollman Loken Colloton Gruender Benton Shepherd Kelly Erickson Grasz Stras Senior Bowman Beam Hansen Arnold Riley Melloy 9th Circuit Active Thomas Graber McKeown Wardlaw Fletcher Gould Paez Berzon Rawlinson Bybee Callahan Bea M. Smith Ikuta N. Smith Murguia Christen Nguyen Watford Hurwitz Owens Friedland 7 seats vacant Senior Goodwin Wallace Schroeder Farris Nelson Canby O'Scannlain Leavy Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima Fisher Silverman Tallman Clifton 10th Circuit Active Tymkovich Briscoe Lucero Hartz Holmes Matheson Bacharach Phillips McHugh Moritz Eid Carson Senior McKay Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Kelly Murphy O'Brien 11th Circuit Active E. Carnes Tjoflat Marcus Wilson W. Pryor Martin Jordan Rosenbaum J. Carnes J. Pryor Newsom Branch Senior Fay Anderson Edmondson Cox Dubina Black Hull D.C. 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Question: who became the second indian american judge of the us court of appeals in 2017
Answer: Amul Roger Thapar