Facts: - appointer: bill clinton - predecessor: peter c. dorsey - office: judge district of connecticut of the united states district court for the - term start: july 7 , 1999 - birth date: 1956 - name: stefan r. underhill - birth place: battle creek , michigan , u.s. - alma mater: university of virginia oxford university yale law school Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stefan r. underhill .
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stefan r. underhill -lrb- born 1956 -rrb- is a judge for the united states district court for the district of connecticut .born in battle creek , michigan in 1956 , after earning a b.a. in 1978 from the university of virginia and a b.a. from oxford university , he received a j.d. from yale law school , after which he clerked for judge jon o. newman of the second circuit court of appeals .he was nominated by u.s. president bill clinton to fill a seat on the court vacated by peter c. dorsey on january 26 , 1999 and was confirmed by the united states senate on june 30 , 1999 .he received his commission on july 7 , 1999 .in a decision that received great notoriety , judge underhill ruled in 2010 that cheerleading could not be used by quinnipiac university to replace women 's volleyball as a female sport to satisfy title ix requirements -lrb- biediger , et al. , v. quinnipiac university -rrb- .judge underhill teaches a course on federal courts as an adjunct professor at university of connecticut school of law , and a course on federal sentencing at the university of virginia school of law .