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Raymond Alvin Jackson (born August 3, 1949) is a
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of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (in case citations, E.D. Va.) is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia. It has jurisdiction over the Northern Virginia, Hampton Roa ...
.


Education and career

Born in
Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...
,
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
, Jackson received a
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degree from
Norfolk State University Norfolk State University (NSU) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Virginia High-Tech Partnersh ...
in 1970 and a
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from the
University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 as part of his "academical village", and now ...
in 1973. He was in the
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,
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, from 1973 to 1977, attaining the rank of captain. He thereafter remained in the
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, achieving the rank of colonel. He was an
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of the Eastern District of Virginia from 1977 to 1993, and was an adjunct lecturer at the
College of William and Mary The College of William & Mary (abbreviated as W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest instit ...
,
Marshall-Wythe School of Law William & Mary Law School, formally the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, is the law school of the College of William & Mary, a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the oldest extant law school in the United States, having bee ...
, from 1981 to 1991 and in 1993.


Federal judicial service

On September 24, 1993, Jackson was nominated by President
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to a seat on the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (in case citations, E.D. Va.) is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia. It has jurisdiction over the Northern Virginia, Hampton Roa ...
vacated by Richard Leroy Williams. Jackson was confirmed by the
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on November 20, 1993, and received his commission on November 22, 1993. He assumed senior status on November 23, 2021.


Personal life

Jackson is married to retired judge Gwendolyn Jackson from the 4th Judicial District of Virginia. Their daughter Candace Jackson-Akiwumi is a judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in case citations, 7th Cir.) is the U.S. United States federal court, federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the United States district court, courts in the following United Stat ...
.


See also

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List of African-American federal judges This is a list of African Americans who have served as United States federal judge In the United States, a federal judge is a judge who serves on a court established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution. Often called "Article III ju ...
*
List of African-American jurists This list includes individuals self-identified as African Americans who have made prominent contributions to the field of law in the United States, especially as eminent judges or legal scholars. Individuals who may have obtained law degrees o ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Raymond Alvin 1949 births Living people 20th-century American judges 21st-century American judges African-American judges Assistant United States attorneys College of William & Mary faculty Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Norfolk State University alumni People from Sussex County, Virginia United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton United States Army officers University of Virginia School of Law alumni