Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Danny C. Reeves
American judge (born 1957) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Danny Clyde Reeves (born August 1, 1957)[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Remove ads
Early life and education
Summarize
Perspective
Born in Corbin, Kentucky, Reeves received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 1978 and a Juris Doctor from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University in 1981.[1] During his undergraduate and law school years, Reeves had summer jobs at a coal mine and General Motors assembly factory.[1]
He was a law clerk to Judge Eugene E. Siler, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern & Western Districts of Kentucky from 1981 to 1983. He was in private practice with the Lexington, Kentucky law firm Greenebaum Doll & McDonald from 1983 to 2001, starting as an associate before being promoted to partner in 1988.[1]
Federal judicial service
On September 4, 2001, Reeves was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He was nominated to a new seat created by 114 Stat. 2762.[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 6, 2001, and received his commission on December 10, 2001. He became chief judge on August 16, 2019.[3] He assumed senior status on February 1, 2025.[4]
United States Sentencing Commission
On March 15, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Reeves for a position on the United States Sentencing Commission, which would expire on October 31, 2021.[5][6] On July 13, 2016, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] His nomination expired with the end of the 114th Congress on January 3, 2017. He was renominated by President Obama on January 17, 2017. His nomination was withdrawn by President Donald Trump on February 28, 2017, but Trump renominated him on March 1, 2017. On March 9, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee. On March 21, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by a 98–0 vote.[8] His term ended in March 2021.
Title IX case
In January 2025, Reeves blocked the Biden administration's Title IX rule, which would have altered the federal government's definition of sex to include a student's preferred gender identity.[9] Judge Reeves found the rule to be "arbitrary and capricious" and concluded that it “conflict[ed] with the plain language of Title IX.”
Remove ads
References
Sources
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads