Susan Webber Wright

Susan Webber Wright
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Assumed office
August 22, 2013
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
In office
1998–2005
Preceded byStephen M. Reasoner
Succeeded byJames Leon Holmes
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
In office
January 24, 1990 – August 22, 2013
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byElsijane Trimble Roy
Succeeded byJames M. Moody Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
In office
January 24, 1990 – December 1, 1990
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byElsijane Trimble Roy
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born
Susan Webber Carter

(1948-08-01) August 1, 1948 (age 76)
Texarkana, Arkansas, U.S.
Spouse
Robert R. Wright III
(m. 1983; died 2006)
EducationRandolph-Macon Woman's College (BA)
University of Arkansas (MPA, JD)

Susan Webber Wright (née Carter; born August 1, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Wright is a former judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. She received national attention when she first dismissed the sexual harassment lawsuit brought by Paula Jones against President Bill Clinton in 1998, and then, in 1999, found Clinton to be in civil contempt of court.