Curtis Lynn Collier (born October 4, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Curtis Lynn Collier
Tennessee Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Born 1949 in Marianna, AR
FJC ID: 478
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 17/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 27/year
Tennessee Eastern District Court · 1995–2014
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
Board member · 2015–2019
Eastern District of TennesseeAssistant U.S. attorney · 1987–1995- Eastern District of LouisianaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1979–1987
U.S. Air Force1974–1979
Appointments
1995–2014 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1974- Tennessee State UniversityB.S. · 1971