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  Boggs, Danny Julian
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NameDanny Julian Boggs
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Born October 23, 1944 (79 years)
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InfoDanny Julian Boggs (born October 23, 1944 in Havana, Cuba) is the Chief Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was appointed to a newly-created seat on that court on January 29, 1986 by President Ronald Reagan, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 3, and received his commission on March 25. He became the Chief Judge of the Sixth Circuit in 2003.

His name has recently been mentioned among potential Bush administration nominees to the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Boggs sparked controversy in 2001 by accusing then-Chief Judge Boyce Martin of violating Sixth Circuit procedural rules by assigning himself to panels and manipulating the timing of an order. Judge Boggs recused himself from the subsequent panel inquiry, which found a rule violation, but recommended no action.

He has gained some notoriety by giving an arcane general knowledge quiz to clerkship applicants. The quiz strongly emphasizes history, literature, and classics, but also contains questions asking for the takers' opinions. Judge Boggs says he uses the answers to gain insight into potential clerks' interests and personalities. Three of his former clerks appeared on the ABC game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? at the peak of the show's popularity in 2001, and two of them used him as their "phone-a-friend."[1]

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Education
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1968
Harvard College, A.B., 1965
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Professional career
Deputy secretary, Department of Energy, 1983-1986
Special assistant to the President, Executive Office of the President, 1981-1983
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1979-1981
Deputy campaign director, Nunn for Governor Campaign, Louisville, Kentucky, 1979
Deputy minority counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977-1979
Assistant to the chairman, Federal Power Commission, 1975-1977
Private practice, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1975
Assistant to the U.S. solicitor general, Department of Justice, 1973-1975
Attorney, Department of Commerce, 1973
Private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1973
Attorney, Kentucky Republican Campaign, 1972
Legislative counsel/assistant to minority leader, Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1972
Legal counsel and administrative assistant to Governor Louie Nunn, Kentucky, 1970-1971
Deputy commissioner, Kentucky Department for Economic Security, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1969-1970
Instructor, University of Chicago School of Law, 1968-1969

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