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Carlton Wayne Reeves

Carlton Wayne Reeves

Mississippi Southern District Court

Born 1964 in Fort Hood, TX

FJC ID: 3346

Carlton Wayne Reeves (born April 11, 1964) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and chair of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Reeves was the district court judge in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), the case that resulted in the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade (1973).

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Gender
Male
Race
African American

Prior employment

  1. U.S. Sentencing Commission
    U.S. Sentencing Commission
    Chair · 2022–present
  2. Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi
    1991–1995, 2001–2010
  3. Southern District of Mississippi
    Southern District of Mississippi
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1995–2001
  4. Mississippi Supreme Court
    Staff attorney · 1990–1991
  5. Mississippi Supreme Court
    Law clerk , Hon. Reuben V. Anderson · 1989–1990

Appointments

  1. Mississippi Southern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
    2010–present · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)

Education

  1. University of Virginia School of Law
    University of Virginia School of Law
    J.D. · 1989
  2. Jackson State University
    B.A. · 1986