UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Sam J Ervin III, North Carolina, Chief Judge
Bert M Montague, Clerk

U S Courthouse Annex
1100 East Main St, 5th floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 771-2213

Diana Gnbbon Motz, Maryland, Judge
Francis D Murnaghan, Jr , Maryland, Judge
Paul V Niemeyer, Maryland, Judge

Edward J Garmatz Federal Courthouse
101 West Lombard St
Baltimore, MD 21201

The United States Courts of Appeals are inter
mediate appellate courts created in 1891 to relieve
overcrowding of the U S Supreme Court docket
The appeals courts are empowered to review all
decisions of federal district courts, certain special
courts, and administrative bodies, except in those
few instances where direct review by the U S Su
preme Court is mandated Judges of the United
States Courts of Appeals are appointed for life terms
by the President of the United States with the
advice and consent of the U S Senate
Under the United States Court of Appeals are
thirteen judicial circuits The fourth judicial circuit
encompasses Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, and South Carolina The United
States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has
thirteen active Judges Three judges are from Mary
land, three from Virginia, two from West Virginia, one
from North Carolina, and four from South Carolina

US COURT OF APPEALS
BIOGRAPHIES OF MARYLAND JUDGES

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ Judge, US Court of
Appeals, for the Fourth C ircuit, since 1994 Chief of
Litigation, Office of Attorney General, 1982 86
Member, Federal Courts Study Committee, 1989 90
Judge, 6th Appellate Circuit, Court of Special Appeals,
1991 94 Born in Washington, DC Stone Ridge High
School, Bethesda, Maryland, Vassar College, BA, 1965,
University of Virginia School of Law, LLB, 1968 Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1969 Member, American and Maryland
State Bar Associations Fellow, American Law Institute,
American Bar Foundation, Maryland Bar Foundation In
private practice, Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman,
1986 91 Board of Trustees, The Johns Hopkms Hospital,
1992— (executive committee, 1994—) Office (410)
962 3606

FRANCIS D. MURNAGHAN, JR. Judge, U S Court
of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, since 1979 Born in

Baltimore, Maryland, June 20, 1920 The Johns Hopkms
University, A B, 1941, Harvard University Law School,
LLB, 1948 Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1949 Served in
US Naval Reserve, 1942 46 (inactive duty as lieutenant,
1946 50) Member, American and Maryland State Bar
Associations, American College of Trial Lawyers Chair,
Baltimore City Charter Revision Commission, 1963 64
President, Board of School Commissioners, Baltimore City,
1967 70 Board of Trustees, The Johns Hopkms University,
1976— Chair, Walters Art Gallery, 1979 85 (chair
emeritus, 1985—, pres, 1964-79) Author, "From Figment
to Fiction to Philosophy The Requirement of Proof of
Damage in Libel Actions," 22 Catholic University Law
Review I (1972) Office (410)962 3607

PAUL V. NIEMEYER. Judge, U S Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit, since 1990 Member, Court of Appeals
Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure,
1973 88, Inquiry Panel, Attorney Gnevance Commission,
1978 81 Judge, U S District Court tor the District of
Maryland, 1988 90 Member, Advisor) Committee on Federal
Rules ofCivil Procedure, 1993— Born in Pnneeton, New Jersey,
Apnl 5, 1941 Kenyan College, A B, 1962, University ofNotre
Dame Law School, J D, 1966 Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1966
In private practice. Piper & Marbury, 1966 88 Lecturer
(advanced business law). The Johns Hopkms University, 1971 75
Senior Lecturing Fellow in Appellate Advocacy, Duke University
School ofLaw, 1994— Co author, Maryland Rules Commentary
Special Merit Citation, American Judicature Society, 1987
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, American Law
Institute, American Bar Foundation, Maryland Bar
Foundation Office (410)962 4210

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND

J Frederick Motz, Chief Judge
Catherine C Blake, Judge
Andre M Davis, Judge
Marvm J Garbis, Judge
Benson E Legg, Judge
William M Nickerson, Judge
Frederic N Smalkin, Judge

Senior Judges Walter E Black, Jr , John Raymond
Hargrove, Sr , Alexander Harvey II, Frank A
Kaufman, Edward S Northrop, Joseph H Young

Joseph A Haas, Clerk

Edward J Garmatz Federal Courthouse
101 West Lombard St
Baltimore, MD 21201 (410)962-2600

Deborah K Chasanow, Judge
Peter J Messitte, Judge
Alexander Williams, Jr , Judge

6500 Cherrywood Lane
Greenbelt, MD 20770 (301) 344 0660