Richard F. Cebull
Richard Frank Cebull (born 1944) is a United States federal judge.
Born in Billings, Montana, Cebull received a B.S. from Montana State University in 1966 and a J.D. from the University of Montana Law School in 1969. He was in private practice in Montana from 1969 to 1997. He was a Trial Judge of the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court from 1970 to 1972.
Cebull served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Montana from 1998 to 2001. On May 17, 2001, Cebull was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Montana vacated by Jack D. Shanstrom. Cebull was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 20, 2001, and received his commission on July 25, 2001. He became chief judge in 2008.
On February 29, 2012, the Great Falls Tribune reported that Cebull had forwarded to seven friends an email containing a racially-charged joke about president Barack Obama.[1] For this, he used his official courthouse email address. Cebull acknowledged that the content of the email was racist, adding that he did not consider himself racist.[1] On March 1, 2012, the Office of the Circuit Executive of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced that Cebull had initiated a misconduct complaint against himself.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Chief U.S. District Judge sends racially charged email about president". Great Falls Tribune. February 29, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- ^ Circuit Statement Regarding Montana Judge
External links
- Richard F. Cebull at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.