Mary Stenson Scriven

Mary Stenson Scriven

Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office September 30, 2008
Nominated by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Patricia C. Fawsett
Personal details
Born	1962 (age 53–54) Atlanta, Georgia
Alma mater	Duke University Florida State University College of Law

Mary Stenson Scriven (born 1962) is a United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She joined the court in 2008 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Early life and education

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Scriven graduated from Duke University with her Bachelor's degree in 1983 and later from Florida State University College of Law with a Juris Doctor degree in 1987.

Legal career

Following law school graduation, Scriven was in private practice in Florida from 1987 to 1997. She was an Associate professor at Stetson University College of Law from 1996 to 1997.

Federal Judicial Career

Scriven started her judicial career as a United States magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida from 1997 to 2008. Scriven was nominated to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida by President George W. Bush on July 10, 2008 to a seat vacated Patricia C. Fawsett as Fawsett assumed senior status and resigned from her position as the previous Chief judge. Scriven was confirmed by the Senate on September 26, 2008 on a Senate vote and received her commission on September 30, 2008.

On October 24, 2011, Scriven temporarily blocked Florida’s new law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving benefits, saying it may violate the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. The drug test can reveal a host of private medical facts about the individual, Scriven wrote, adding that she found it “troubling” that the drug tests are not kept confidential like medical records.^[1]

Sources

Mary Stenson Scriven at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

References

↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/federal-judge-blocks-floridas-new-law-requiring-that-welfare-applicants-pass-drug-test/2011/10/24/gIQAVOJDDM_story.html

Legal offices
Preceded by Patricia C. Fawsett	Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2008–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

M. Alabama	Watkins 2 seats vacant

N. Alabama	Bowdre Coogler Proctor Hopkins Kallon Haikala 2 seats vacant

S. Alabama	Steele DuBose 1 seat vacant

M. Florida	Merryday Kovachevich Whittemore Corrigan Covington Howard Scriven Honeywell Dalton Chappell Davis Byron Mendoza 2 seats vacant

N. Florida	Rodgers Hinkle Walker 1 seat vacant

S. Florida	Moore Zloch Moreno Ungaro Lenard Middlebrooks Dimitrouleas Marra Martinez Altonaga Cohn Cooke Williams Scola Gayles Bloom Rosenberg 1 seat vacant

M. Georgia	Land Royal Treadwell Abrams

N. Georgia	Thrash Murphy Story Duffey Batten Totenberg Jones May Cohen Ross 1 seat vacant

S. Georgia	Wood Moore Hall

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 90567760

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