Colin S. Bruce

Colin S. Bruce
Colin S. Bruce
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 8, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Michael P. McCuskey
Personal details
Born	September 17, 1965 (age 58); Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Education	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BA, JD)

Colin Stirling Bruce (born September 17, 1965) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.

Biography[edit]

Bruce was born in 1965 in Urbana, Illinois.^[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his Juris Doctor in 1989 from the University of Illinois College of Law. He joined the United States Attorney's Office in 1989 and has spent his entire career as an Assistant United States Attorney, prior to his appointment to the bench in 2013. In this time, he prosecuted a broad range of federal criminal cases, including large drug conspiracies, complex frauds and computer related investigations. He also handled civil matters on behalf of the United States. Bruce was First Assistant United States Attorney from 2010 to 2013, supervising all federal criminal investigations, prosecutions and appeals taking place within the Central District of Illinois.^[2]^[3]

Federal judicial service[edit]

On May 6, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Bruce to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, to the seat vacated by Judge Michael Patrick McCuskey, who assumed senior status on June 30, 2013.^[2] He received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 19, 2013, and his nomination was reported to the floor of the Senate on July 18, 2013, by a voice vote. The Senate confirmed his nomination on October 7, 2013 by a 96–0 vote.^[4] He received his commission on October 8, 2013.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
^ ^a ^b "President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Three to Serve on the United States District Court". whitehouse.gov. 30 April 2013 – via National Archives.
^ ^a ^b Colin S. Bruce at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Colin Stirling Bruce, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois)". www.senate.gov.

External links[edit]

Colin S. Bruce at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Colin S. Bruce at Ballotpedia

Legal offices
Preceded by Michael P. McCuskey	Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois 2013–present	Incumbent

[1] "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2013-05-13.

[Whitehouse-2] "President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Three to Serve on the United States District Court". whitehouse.gov. 30 April 2013 – via National Archives.

[fjc.gov-3] Colin S. Bruce at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

[4] "On the Nomination (Confirmation Colin Stirling Bruce, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois)". www.senate.gov.

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