Bruce Sterling Jenkins (born May 27, 1927) is a US District Court Senior Senior United States District Court for the Utah District.
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Education and career
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jenkins was in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946, and subsequently received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Utah in 1949 and a Doctoral Juris from S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in 1952. He was in private practice in Salt Lake City from 1952 to 1965. He was an assistant state prosecutor in Utah in 1952, and a deputy district attorney for Salt Lake County, Utah from 1954 -1958. He was a member of the Utah State Senate from 1959 to 1965. In 1965, Jenkins became a Referee in Bankruptcy for the Utah District, and from 1973 to 1978 he was the US Bankruptcy Judge for the district.
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Federal courts service
On August 28, 1978, Jenkins was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat in US District Court for Utah District left by Willis William Ritter. Jenkins was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 20, 1978, and received his commission on 22 September 1978. He served as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1993, and also taught as a professor, University of Utah from 1987 to 1988. He assumed a senior status on September 30, 1994.
References
Source
- Bruce Sterling Jenkins at the Biographic Directory of Federal Judges , public domain publication from the Federal Judicial Center.
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