Robert Miller | |
Office: | Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review |
Term Start: | July 8, 2020 |
Term End: | September 15, 2023 |
Predecessor: | José A. Cabranes |
Successor: | Lisa Godbey Wood |
Office1: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana |
Term Start1: | January 11, 2016 |
Office2: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana |
Term Start2: | February 3, 2003 |
Term End2: | February 2, 2010 |
Predecessor2: | William Charles Lee |
Successor2: | Philip P. Simon |
Office3: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana |
Term Start3: | December 17, 1985 |
Term End3: | January 11, 2016 |
Appointer3: | Ronald Reagan |
Predecessor3: | Seat established by 98 Stat. 333 |
Successor3: | Damon R. Leichty |
Office4: | Judge of the St. Joseph County Superior Court |
Term Start4: | January 7, 1976 |
Term End4: | December 17, 1985 |
Appointer4: | Otis R. Bowen |
Birth Date: | 21 November 1950 |
Birth Place: | South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
Education: | Northwestern University (BA) Indiana University (JD) |
Robert Lowell Miller Jr. (born November 21, 1950)[1] is an inactive United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Miller was born in South Bend, Indiana. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1972. He received a Juris Doctor from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1975. He was a law clerk for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana in 1975. He was a judge of the St. Joseph County Superior Court in South Bend from 1975 to 1985.
Miller was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on October 23, 1985, to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985. He served as Chief Judge from February 3, 2003 to February 2, 2010.[2] He assumed senior status on January 11, 2016.
On July 8, 2020, Miller was appointed to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review by Chief Justice John Roberts.[3]
On August 3, 2023, it was announced that would assume inactive senior status in August 2023.[4]