Role Judge Name Catherine Blake | Preceded by John R. Hargrove | |
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Judge Rules Assault Rifles Not Protected by 2nd Amendment
Catherine C. Blake (born 1950) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
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- Judge Rules Assault Rifles Not Protected by 2nd Amendment
- Early life and education
- Career
- Judicial service
- References
Early life and education
Blake was born in Boston, Massachusetts. After receiving an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Radcliffe College in 1972, she enrolled in Harvard Law School, where she received a Juris Doctor in 1975.
Career
Blake was in private practice in Boston, from 1975 to 1977. She was with the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 1977 to 1987. During that period, she was an Assistant United States Attorney from 1977 to 1983, then became a first assistant from 1983 to 1985, when she was appointed by the court to serve as the United States Attorney, a position she held until 1987, when she again became the first assistant.
Judicial service
In 1987 Blake became a United States Magistrate Judge of the District of Maryland. In 1995, Blake became a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 4, 1995, to a seat vacated by John R. Hargrove. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 11, 1995, and received her commission on August 14, 1995. She became Chief Judge of the District of Maryland on October 3, 2014, upon former Chief Judge Deborah K. Chasanow taking senior status.