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  1. Richard Carl Wesley (born August 1, 1949) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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  3. Richard C. Wesley is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. At the time of his appointment in 2003, he was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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    Born in Canandaigua, New York, Wesley graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with his bachelor's degree in 1971 and from Cornell University Law School with his J.D.in 1974.

    1997-2003: Associate judge, State of New York Court of Appeals
    1994-1997: Associate justice, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 4th Judicial Department
    1987-1994: Justice, New York Supreme Court, Seventh Judicial District
    1983-1987:State assemblyman

    2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

    Wesley was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit by President George W. Bush on March 5, 2003, to a seat vacated by Pierre Leval as Leval assumed senior status. The American Bar Association rated Wesley Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Wesley's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 5, 2003, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) the same day. Wesley was confirme...

    News: Second Circuit gives go ahead for 13th Amendment Vermont prison lawsuit, August 14, 2012
    Judge Wesley's biography from the Federal Judicial Center
    Judge Wesley's biography from the Second Circuit'swebsite
  4. Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Nominated by George W. Bush on March 5, 2003, to a seat vacated by Pierre N. Leval. Confirmed by the Senate on June 11, 2003, and received commission on June 12, 2003. Assumed senior status on August 1, 2016. Education: State University of New York at Albany, B.A., 1971 Cornell Law School, J.D ...

  5. Justice Wesley was elected to the Supreme Court in 1986 and served as the Administrator of the Judicial Hearing Officer Program and as Supervising Judge of the Criminal Courts of the Seventh Judicial District.

  6. Judge Wesley began his judicial career as a trial court judge. In 1986, he was elected to a 14-year term as a Justice of the Supreme Court in the Seventh Judicial District of New York, which is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and encompasses Livingston County and seven other counties.

  7. Judicial Milestones. Senior Status. Position: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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