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lance m. africk

lance michael africk -lrb- born december 1 , 1951 -rrb- is a united states federal judge .
africk was born in new york , new york .
he received a b.a. from the university of north carolina at chapel hill in 1973 , and a j.d. from the university of north carolina school of law in 1975 .
from 1975 to 1976 , he was a law clerk to james gulotta , a judge of the louisiana 4th circuit court of appeals .
he entered the private practice of law in louisiana from 1976 to 1977 , and was thereafter director of the career criminal bureau , orleans parish district attorney 's office from 1977 to 1980 .
he returned to private practice until 1982 , and then became an assistant u.s. attorney for the eastern district of louisiana until 1990 .
in 1986 , he began teaching as an instructor at the university of new orleans .
africk became a united states magistrate judge for the united states district court for the eastern district of louisiana in 1990 .
after the election of bill clinton in 1992 , africk changed his party affiliation from republican to democrat .
on january 23 , 2002 , africk was nominated by president george w. bush to a seat on the united states district court for the eastern district of louisiana vacated by edith brown clement .
he was confirmed by the united states senate on april 17 , 2002 , and his received his commission the same day .
on march 31 , 2011 , judge africk sentenced former new orleans police officer david warren to 25 years and 9 months in federal prison on a federal civil rights violation of committing manslaughter with a firearm in the case of the death of henry glover .
judge africk sentenced another former officer greg macrae to 17 years and 3 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release on obstruction of justice and another civil rights charge .
`` henry glover was not at the strip mall to commit suicide .
he was there to retrieve some baby clothing .
you killed a man .
despite your tendentious arguments to the contrary , it was no mistake , '' africk told warren .
judge africk served as the 54th president of the sugar bowl committee in 2011-2012 , and oversaw the game in which michigan defeated virginia tech in an overtime win .
thereafter he helped in the presentation of the sugar bowl trophy to brady hoke and the wolverine team .
