Carol Bagley Amon (; born April 23, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Education

Carol Ann Bagley was born in

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. She received a

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from

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in 1968, then a Juris Doctor from University of Virginia School of Law in 1971.

Career

Amon was a staff attorney of the Communications Satellite Corporation in Washington, D.C. from 1971 to 1973. She was then a trial attorney of Narcotics Task Force of the

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from 1973 to 1974. She was an assistant United States attorney of the Eastern District of New York from 1974 to 1986. She was chief of frauds from 1978 to 1980, and then chief of general crimes from 1981 to 1982. She was a senior litigation counsel from 1984 to 1986. During her tenure at the United States Attorney's office, she received the John Marshall Award, the highest honor conferred by the Department of Justice. In 1983, Amon successfully prosecuted four members of the

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(Provisional IRA) who conspired to obtain guns, explosives and missiles for their armed campaign.

Federal judicial service

Amon was a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1986 to 1990. She was nominated by President

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to be a United States District Judge of that court on May 18, 1990, to a seat vacated by Mark A. Costantino. She was confirmed by the

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on August 3, 1990, and received her commission on August 7, 1990. She served as Chief Judge from 2011 to 2016. She took senior status on November 30, 2016. In 2009, Amon sentenced disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy to 15 months in federal prison for his role in fixing NBA games.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amon, Carol 1946 births Living people 20th-century American women judges 21st-century American judges 21st-century American women judges Assistant United States attorneys College of William & Mary alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Lawyers from Richmond, Virginia United States district court judges appointed by George H. W. Bush United States magistrate judges University of Virginia School of Law alumni