Merrick_Garland.jpg

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Merrick Garland (1952–)

	Alternative names	Merrick Garland; Merrick Brian Garland; Merrick B. Garland; Judge Garland
	Description	American judge and lawyer American judge and Supreme Court justice nominee Graduated summa cum laude as valedictorian from Harvard College , and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School Law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States Federal prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice , where he played a leading role in the investigation and prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombers . Chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit .
	Date of birth	13 November 1952
	Location of birth	Chicago
	Work period	1977 - present
	Work location	Washington, D.C.
	Authority file	: Q1922011 VIAF : 120565052 ISNI : 0000000078130893 LCCN : no2010064050 GND : 1224680995 WorldCat

English: Merrick Garland photograph was provided to press by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2016 on occasion of Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States by US President Barack Obama . At the time Garland was chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, having served as a federal judge on the court since 1997.

Date

2016

Source

cdn-news.wgbh.org ( archived at the Wayback Machine ); used in news.wgbh.org ( archived at the Wayback Machine )

Author

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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EXIF data in photo from Associated Press states: "Publicly distributed handout photo provided by U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit"
Per Associated Press via National Public Radio article ( archived at the Wayback Machine ) and ABC News via KSFY ( archived at the Wayback Machine ) and FiveThirtyEight ( archived at the Wayback Machine ) — this image is credited to author: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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2016-03-15 17:27	214×300× (11667 bytes)	Frmorrison	Uploading a public-domain item using [[Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard\|File Upload Wizard]]

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Merrick Garland

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public domain

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inception

2016

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United States Department of Justice