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{{Short description|American judge (born 1939)}}
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| office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]]▼
| image = James L. Graham (cropped).jpg
| term_start = August 31, 2004▼
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| office1 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]]▼
▲| office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]]
| term_start1 = September 26, 1986▼
▲| term_start = August 31, 2004
| predecessor1 = [[Robert Morton Duncan]]▼
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▲| office1 = Chief Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]]
| term_end1 = August 31, 2004▼
| term_start1 = 2003
| successor1 = [[Michael H. Watson]]▼
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1939}}▼
| predecessor1 = [[Walter Herbert Rice]]
| birth_place = [[Columbus, Ohio]]▼
| successor1 = [[Sandra Beckwith]]
| alma_mater = [[Ohio State University]]<br />[[Ohio State University College of Law]]▼
| term_end2 = August 31, 2004
| appointer2 = [[List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan]]
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▲| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1939}}
▲| birth_place = [[Columbus, Ohio]], U.S.
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| education = [[Ohio State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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'''James L. Graham''' (born 1939) is a [[Senior
==Education and career==
Born in [[Columbus, Ohio]], Graham received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] 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.▼
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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.▼
===Federal judicial service===
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>▼
▲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"/>
===Notable case===
▲Like many district judges on senior status, Graham occasionally serves with the
==References==
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==Sources==
* {{FJC Bio
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{{United States 6th Circuit senior district judges}}
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[[Category:1939 births]]
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▲[[Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]]
[[Category:United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan]]▼
[[Category:20th-century American judges]]
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[[Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]]
[[Category:Moritz College of Law alumni]]▼
[[Category:Lawyers from Columbus, Ohio]]
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