Curtis Lynn Collier

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Curtis Lynn Collier
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Incumbent
Assumed office October 31, 2014
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
In office 2005–2012
Preceded by	Robert Allan Edgar
Succeeded by	Thomas A. Varlan
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
In office May 10, 1995 – October 31, 2014
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded by	Travis R. McDonough
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-04) October 4, 1949 (age 75)[1] Marianna, Arkansas, U.S.
Spouse	Cheryl Collier
Education	Tennessee State University (BS) Duke University (JD)
Profession	Federal judge

Curtis Lynn Collier (born October 4, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Born in Marianna, Arkansas, Collier received a Bachelor of Science degree from Tennessee State University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 1974. He was in the United States Air Force from 1974 to 1979. While in the Air Force, he was an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate in the Judge Advocate General's Corps with the rank of Captain. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1979 to 1987 and held the same office in the Eastern District of Tennessee from 1987 to 1995.

Collier is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 13, 1995, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 8, 1995, and received his commission on May 10, 1995. He served as chief judge from 2005 to 2012. He assumed senior status on October 31, 2014.

• List of African-American federal judges
• List of African-American jurists

• Curtis Lynn Collier at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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