Michael M. Mihm

Michael Martin Mihm (born 1943) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, with chambers in Peoria, Illinois. In 2004, he received the USAID Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation for his work with the Russian judicial system.[1]

Michael M. Mihm
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Assumed office
October 1, 2009
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
In office
1991–1998
Preceded byHarold Baker
Succeeded byJoe Billy McDade
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
In office
August 6, 1982 – October 1, 2009
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byRobert Dale Morgan
Succeeded byJames Shadid
Personal details
Born
Michael Martin Mihm

1943 (age 79–80)
Amboy, Illinois
EducationLoras College (B.A.)
Saint Louis University (J.D.)

Education and career

Born in 1943, in Amboy, Illinois, Mihm grew up on a farm, and his mother was a school teacher.[2] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loras College in 1964 and received a Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1967.[3]

Mihm was an assistant prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri from 1967 to 1968; assistant state's attorney for Peoria County, Illinois from 1968 to 1969; and assistant corporation counsel for the City of Peoria from 1969 to 1972. He was State's Attorney of Peoria County from 1972 to 1980, then in private law practice in Peoria from 1980 until becoming a federal judge in 1982.[3]

Federal judicial service

Mihm was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 27, 1982, to the seat vacated by Judge Robert Dale Morgan of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 5, 1982, and received his commission on August 6, 1982. Mihm served as the district's Chief Judge from 1991 to 1998. He took senior status on October 1, 2009.[3]

Notable case

Mihm presided over the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, who pleaded guilty in 2009 to conspiring to provide material aid to Al Qaeda.[4] Federal authorities arrested al-Marri in 2001 for credit card fraud, then deemed him an enemy combatant, and detained him without charge for over six years. The federal government claimed that al-Marri was an al Qaeda sleeper agent. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered al-Marri brought before a civilian court in 2007,[5] and in 2009, the United States dropped its appeal of that decision, and transferred al-Marri to Mihm's court.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation: USAID Honors Judge Michael M. Mihm". United States Agency for International Development, Europe and Eurasia. 2005-02-18. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  2. Mihm, Michael M. (March 2006). "Common and Eternal Values in the Development of Courts Around the World". International Judicial Monitor. American Society of International Law and the International Judicial Academy. 1 (1).
  3. Michael Martin Mihm at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  4. "Former ‘Enemy Combatant’ Pleads Guilty in Ill.", The New York Times, 30 April 2009
  5. Kravetz, Andy (2008-12-05). "U.S. Supreme Court to hear al-Marri's case". Peoria Journal Star.
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