Roger Vinson

Roger Vinson
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
In office
March 31, 2005 – April 1, 2023
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
In office
1997–2004
Preceded byMaurice M. Paul
Succeeded byRobert Lewis Hinkle
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
In office
October 5, 1983 – March 31, 2005
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byLynn Carlton Higby
Succeeded byJohn Richard Smoak Jr.
Personal details
Born
Clyde Roger Vinson

(1940-02-19)February 19, 1940
Cadiz, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedApril 1, 2023(2023-04-01) (aged 83)
EducationUnited States Naval Academy (B.S.)
Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D.)

Clyde Roger Vinson (February 19, 1940 – April 1, 2023) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Until May 3, 2013, he was also a member of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.[1][2]

  1. ^ "THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT: 2013 Membership". Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  2. ^ John Shiffman, Kristina Cooke (2013-06-21). "The judges who preside over America's secret court". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-07-01. Twelve of the 14 judges who have served this year on the most secret court in America are Republicans and half are former prosecutors.