Henry F. Floyd
| Henry Franklin Floyd | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | |
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Assumed office October 5, 2011 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Karen J. Williams |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
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In office September 24, 2003 – October 6, 2011 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Dennis Shedd |
| Succeeded by | Mary Geiger Lewis |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Henry Franklin Floyd November 5, 1947 Brevard, North Carolina |
| Education |
Wofford College B.A. University of South Carolina School of Law J.D. |
Henry Franklin Floyd (born November 5, 1947) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Born on November 5, 1947, in Brevard, North Carolina, Floyd received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wofford College in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1973.
Floyd served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978. He was elected as a Democrat. Floyd was in private practice in South Carolina from 1973 to 1992. He was a Circuit judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of South Carolina from 1992 to 2003.
On May 15, 2003, Floyd was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina vacated by Dennis Shedd. Floyd was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 22, 2003, and received his commission on September 24, 2003. His service terminated on October 6, 2011 due to elevation to the Fourth Circuit.
Floyd presided over the case of José Padilla, a United States citizen detained by President Bush as an enemy combatant. In 2005, Floyd ruled that Bush did not have the authority to hold Padilla as an enemy combatant.
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