Terry Fitzgerald Moorer (born January 20, 1961) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. He was formerly a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
Biography
Moorer earned his Associate of Arts from the Marion Military Institute, his Bachelor of Arts from Huntingdon College, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law.
Before assuming his judgeship, Judge Moorer served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, as a Command Judge Advocate in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and as an attorney in the Office of Staff Judge Advocate at Fort Rucker. As a colonel in the Alabama National Guard, Moorer was the primary architect of the Alabama Code of Military Justice.
Federal judicial service
Moorer served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, a position he assumed on January 3, 2007, and left on September 4, 2018, when he became a district judge.
On May 8, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Moorer to an unspecified seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama."President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations" White House, May 8, 2017
On September 7, 2017, President Trump nominated Moorer to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, to the seat vacated by Judge William H. Steele, who assumed senior status on June 8, 2017."Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", White House, September 7, 2017 On November 1, 2017, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for November 1, 2017 On December 7, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 7, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee
On January 3, 2018, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate."Congressional Record", United States Senate, January 3, 2018 On January 5, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Moorer to a federal judgeship."President Donald J. Trump Announces Renomination of 21 Judicial Nominees", White House, January 5, 2018 On January 8, 2018, his renomination was sent to the Senate."Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, January 8, 2018 On January 18, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–4 vote.Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee On August 28, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by voice vote. He received his judicial commission on September 4, 2018.
Moorer was one of three judges that ruled Alabama's proposed redistricting maps unconstitutional under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The three judge panel's ruling was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Allen v. Milligan.
See also List of African-American federal judges List of African-American jurists
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