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{{Short description|American judge (born 1939)}}
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| name = James L. Graham
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| office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]]
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| 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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| appointer1 = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| 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]]
| term_end1 = August 31, = 2004
| 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]]
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| term_start1term_start2 = September 26, 1986
| term_end2 = August 31, 2004
| appointer2 = [[List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan]]
| predecessor1predecessor2 = [[Robert Morton Duncan]]
| successor1successor2 = [[Michael H. Watson]]
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| birth_place = [[Columbus, Ohio]], U.S.
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'''James L. Graham''' (born 1939) is a [[Senior Statusstatus|Seniorsenior]] [[United States federal judge|United States Districtdistrict Judgejudge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]].
 
==Education and career==
 
BornGraham was born in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]],. [[Ohio]], GrahamHe received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Ohio State University]] in 1962 and a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Ohio State University College of Law]] that same year. He was thereafter in private practice in Columbus until 1986.<ref name="fjc.gov">{{citeFJC webBio|urlnid=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/graham-james-l.1394151|titleinline=Graham, James L. - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.govyes}}</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 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 Chiefchief Judgejudge 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 [[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.
 
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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[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]]
[[Category:Ohio21st-century StateAmerican University alumnijudges]]
[[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]]
[[Category:MoritzOhio CollegeState of LawUniversity alumni]]
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[[Category:United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan]]