Michael M. Mihm

Michael Martin Mihm
Judge of United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Incumbent
Assumed office 1982-08-06
Nominated by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Robert D. Morgan
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
In office 1991–1998
Personal details
Born	1943 Amboy, Illinois

Michael Martin Mihm (born 1943 in Amboy, Illinois) is an incumbent United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, with chambers in Peoria, Illinois. He became a judge in 1982 by way of nomination by President Ronald Reagan.^[1] In 2004, he received the USAID Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation for his work with the Russian judicial system.^[2]

Judge Mihm has said he will take senior status in 2010. President Obama has nominated Peoria County Circuit Judge James Shadid to take his place pending confirmation by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and then the full Senate.

Prior to the bench

Mihm grew up on a farm, and his mother was a school teacher.^[3] He graduated with a B.A. from Loras College in 1964 and received a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1967.

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.^[1]

Judicial career

Mihm was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 27, 1982, to the seat vacated by Robert D. Morgan in 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.^[1]

Judge Mihm is the judge currently presiding over the Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri case. Ali al-Marri was originally arrested in Peoria in December 2001 for credit card fraud (he should have been taking classes at Bradley University), then classified as an enemy combatant and held in isolation for more than six years before going before a Charleston court and being transferred here in a model for future similar cases. Mihm wants to try al-Marri by June, but realistically he said before the end of 2009 was more likely.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Michael M. Mihm at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
2. ^ "Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation: USAID Honors Judge Michael M. Mihm". United States Agency for International Development, Europe and Eurasia. 2005-02-18. http://www.usaid.gov/locations/europe_eurasia/press/pub_rec/outstanding_citzn_achvmnt_mmihm.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
3. ^ 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). http://www.judicialmonitor.org/archive_0306/globaljudicialdialogue.html. 

External links

• Michael M. Mihm at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Persondata
Name	Mihm, Michael Martin
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	1943
Place of birth	Amboy, Illinois
Date of death
Place of death