Katherine A. Crytzer

Katherine Amber Crytzer (born 1984)[1] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Katherine A. Crytzer
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Assumed office
December 22, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byPamela L. Reeves
Personal details
Born1984 (age 38–39)
Texarkana, Texas, U.S.
EducationMiddle Tennessee State University (BS)
George Mason University (JD)

Education

Crytzer graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science summa cum laude. She then attended the George Mason University School of Law (now Antonin Scalia Law School), graduating in 2009 with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude.[2]

Upon graduating from law school, Crytzer served as a law clerk to Judge Raymond W. Gruender of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky and was in private practice at Kirkland & Ellis. Before becoming a judge, she was the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Policy, where she provided legal and policy advice to the Assistant Attorney General and Department of Justice leadership.[2]

Withdrawn nomination to Tennessee Valley Authority

On April 3, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Crytzer to be the Inspector General of the Tennessee Valley Authority.[3] On April 6, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[4] She was nominated to replace Richard W. Moore, who resigned to become the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama in 2017. On September 22, 2020, her nomination was withdrawn after she was nominated to become a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.[5]

Federal judicial service

On September 16, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Crytzer to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. On September 22, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] President Trump nominated Crytzer to the seat vacated by Judge Pamela L. Reeves, who died on September 10, 2020. On November 18, 2020, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] On December 10, 2020, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[7] On December 15, 2020, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 48–47 vote.[8] On December 16, 2020, her nomination was confirmed by a 48–47 vote.[9] She received her judicial commission on December 22, 2020.[10]

References
  1. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Katherine A. Crytzer
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved September 16, 2020 – via National Archives. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts" White House, April 3, 2020 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. "Five Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, April 6, 2020
  5. "Four Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate", White House, September 22, 2020
  6. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for November 18, 2020
  7. Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 10, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee
  8. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Katherine A. Crytzer to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee)" United States Senate, December 15, 2020
  9. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Katherine A. Crytzer, of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee)" United States Senate, December 16, 2020
  10. Katherine A. Crytzer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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