John M. Duhé Jr.

John M. Duhé Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office April 7, 1999
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office October 17, 1988 – April 7, 1999
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Albert Tate Jr.
Succeeded by	Edith Brown Clement
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
In office June 11, 1984 – November 9, 1988
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	W. Eugene Davis
Succeeded by	Richard T. Haik
Personal details
Born	John Malcolm Duhé Jr. (1933-04-07) April 7, 1933 Iberia Parish, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Dawn Marie Hébert
Education	Tulane University (BA, LLB)

John Malcolm Duhé Jr. (born April 7, 1933) is an inactive senior United States circuit judge of the New Orleans–based United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Education and career

Duhé received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University in New Orleans in 1955 and his Juris Doctor from the Tulane University Law School in 1957. He served as an attorney in private practice in New Iberia, Louisiana from 1957 to 1978.

Judicial career

State court service

From 1979 to 1984, Duhé was judge of the Louisiana 16th Judicial District in New Iberia.

Federal judicial service

Duhé was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 15, 1984, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana vacated by Judge W. Eugene Davis. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 8, 1984, and received commission on June 11, 1984. His service terminated on November 9, 1988, due to elevation to the court of appeals.

Duhé was nominated by President Reagan on June 27, 1988, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge Albert Tate Jr. Duhé was confirmed by the Senate on October 14, 1988, and received commission on October 17, 1988. He assumed senior status on April 7, 1999. He took inactive senior status in 2011.

Duhé's law clerks included Kyle Duncan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Sources

• John Malcolm Duhe Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.