Claire Eagan
| Claire Eagan | |
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| Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
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Assumed office February 13, 2013 |
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| Appointed by | John G. Roberts Jr. |
| Preceded by | Frederick A. Daugherty |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | |
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In office 2005–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Sven Erik Holmes |
| Succeeded by | Gregory Kent Frizzell |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | |
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Assumed office October 4, 2001 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Thomas Rutherford Brett |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | |
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In office 1998–2001 |
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| Born | 1950 (age 66–67) The Bronx, New York |
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Trinity Washington University B.A. Fordham University School of Law J.D. |
Claire Eagan (born 1950) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Born in The Bronx, New York, Eagan graduated from Trinity Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972, and later from Fordham University School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1976. At Fordham, Eagan was a commentary editor of the Fordham Law Review.
Eagan began her legal career working as a law clerk to Judge Allen Edward Barrow of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma from 1976 to 1978. She was in private practice attorney in Oklahoma from 1978 to 1998. Eagan served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma from 1998 until 2001.
On the recommendation of Senators James Inhofe and Don Nickles, Eagan was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated by Thomas Rutherford Brett. Eagan was confirmed by the Senate on October 23, 2001, on a Senate vote and received her commission the next day. Eagan served as the Chief Judge of the Court from 2005 to 2012.
In February 2013 she was appointed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), established in 1978 per the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Her term runs to May 2019.
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