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{{Short description|American judge (born 1939)}}
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|office=Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]]▼
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|appointer=[[Ronald Reagan]]
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|term_end=August 31, 2004
| office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]]
|succeeded=[[Michael H. Watson]]▼
| term_start = August 31, 2004
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| office1 = Chief Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]]
|birth_place=[[Columbus, Ohio]]▼
| term_start1 = 2003
|alma_mater=[[Ohio State University]]<br>[[Ohio State University College of Law]]
| term_end1 = 2004
| predecessor1 = [[Walter Herbert Rice]]
| successor1 = [[Sandra Beckwith]]
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'''James L. Graham''' (born 1939) is a [[Senior status|senior]] [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]].
 
==Education and career==
'''James L. Graham''' (born 1939) is a [[United States federal judge]].
 
BornGraham was born in [[Columbus, Ohio]],. GrahamHe received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree from [[Ohio State University]] in 1962 and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from [[Ohio State University College of Law]] that same year. He was thereafter in private practice in Columbus until 1986.<ref name="fjc.gov">{{FJC Bio|nid=1394151|inline=yes}}</ref>
 
===Federal judicial service===
On August 15, 1986, Graham was nominated by President [[Ronald Reagan]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]] vacated by [[Robert Morton Duncan]]. Graham was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on September 25, 1986, and received his commission the following day. He served as chief judge from 2003 to 2004, assuming [[senior status]] on August 31, 2004.▼
 
▲On August 15, 1986, Graham was nominated by President [[Ronald Reagan]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]] vacated by Judge [[Robert Morton Duncan]]. Graham was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on September 25, 1986, and received his commission the following day. He served as chief judge from 2003 to 2004, assuming [[senior status]] on August 31, 2004.<ref name="fjc.gov"/>
Like many district judges on senior status, Graham occasionally serves with the [[Court of Appeals]] on a rotating basis. While serving with the [[Sixth Circuit|Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals]], he supplied a [[dissenting opinion]] on a decision upholding the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] mandate to purchase health insurance.<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/212442-court-of-appeals-health-care-law-opinion.html</ref>▼
 
===Notable case===
 
▲Like many district judges on senior status, Graham occasionally serves with the [[Courtcourt of Appeals]]appeals on a rotating basis. While serving with the [[United States Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit|Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals]], he supplied a [[dissenting opinion]] on a decision upholding the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] mandate to purchase health insurance.<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/212442-court-of-appeals-health-care-law-opinion.html</ref>
 
==References==
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==Sources==
* {{FJC Bio|899nid=1381436}}
 
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