predecessor religion birth_name birth_place party office birth_date term_start appointer article_title name alma_mater
michael mcconnell the mormon -rrb- church of jesus christ of latter-day saints -lrb- scott milne matheson iii salt lake city , utah , u.s. democratic judge the tenth circuit of the united states court of appeals for 1953 7 december 27 , 2010 barack obama scott matheson , jr. .
 scott matheson stanford university magdalen college , oxford yale university
scott matheson , jr. .

scott milne matheson , jr. -lrb- born july 1953 -rrb- was the u.s. attorney for the district of utah from 1993 to 1997 and is a current federal judge on the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit .
he is the son of former governor of utah scott m. matheson and the elder brother of utah 's former 4th district congressman , jim matheson .
