Catherine D. Perry
American judge (born 1952)
title: "Catherine D. Perry" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1952-births", "living-people", "20th-century-american-judges", "20th-century-american-women-judges", "21st-century-american-judges", "21st-century-american-women-judges", "judges-of-the-united-states-district-court-for-the-eastern-district-of-missouri", "people-from-hobart,-oklahoma", "united-states-district-court-judges-appointed-by-bill-clinton", "university-of-oklahoma-alumni", "washington-university-school-of-law-alumni", "washington-university-in-st.-louis-faculty", "united-states-magistrate-judges"] description: "American judge (born 1952)" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_D._Perry" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary American judge (born 1952) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox officeholder"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Catherine D. Perry |
| image | Cartherine D. Perry 1 (cropped).jpg |
| caption | Perry in 2021 |
| office | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
| term_start | December 31, 2018 |
| office1 | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
| term_start1 | 2009 |
| term_end1 | January 3, 2016 |
| predecessor1 | Carol E. Jackson |
| successor1 | Rodney W. Sippel |
| office2 | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
| term_start2 | October 7, 1994 |
| term_end2 | December 31, 2018 |
| appointer2 | Bill Clinton |
| predecessor2 | Clyde S. Cahill Jr. |
| successor2 | Sarah Pitlyk |
| office3 | Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
| term_start3 | 1990 |
| term_end3 | 1994 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Hobart, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| education | University of Oklahoma (BA) |
| Washington University in St. Louis (JD) | |
| website | |
| :: |
| honorific-prefix = | name = Catherine D. Perry | honorific-suffix = | image = Cartherine D. Perry 1 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Perry in 2021 | office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | term_start = December 31, 2018 | term_end = | office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | term_start1 = 2009 | term_end1 = January 3, 2016 | predecessor1 = Carol E. Jackson | successor1 = Rodney W. Sippel | office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | term_start2 = October 7, 1994 | term_end2 = December 31, 2018 | appointer2 = Bill Clinton | predecessor2 = Clyde S. Cahill Jr. | successor2 = Sarah Pitlyk | office3 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | term_start3 = 1990 | term_end3 = 1994 | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Hobart, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = | otherparty = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = University of Oklahoma (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (JD) | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = Catherine Delores Perry (born September 6, 1952) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Education and career
Born in Hobart, Oklahoma, Perry received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Oklahoma in 1977, and a Juris Doctor from Washington University in St. Louis in 1980. After graduation she became an adjunct professor of law at Washington University School of Law and taught there intermittently from 1981 to 1994. She also served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri from 1990 to 1994.
Federal judicial service
On July 15, 1994, Perry was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri vacated by Judge Clyde S. Cahill. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 6, 1994, and received her commission the following day. She served as chief judge from 2009 to 2016. Perry assumed senior status on December 31, 2018.
Notable ruling
On August 18, 2014 Perry denied motions by the ACLU for temporary restraining orders against six police officers to prevent the enforcement of a 5-second rule in Ferguson, Missouri. Perry cited the need for law enforcement's protection of property and the availability of a "free-speech zone". However, at the time of this ruling the free speech zone was off-limits to the public.
References
Sources
References
- (1996). "Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, August 17, 18, 25; September 14 and 21, 1994". U.S. Government Printing Office.
- {{FJC Bio
- Gillerman, Margaret S.. (18 August 2014). "Judge denies ACLU motion for an order to stop police tactics".
- Rowland, Lee. (August 21, 2014). "There Is No 5-Second Rule for the First Amendment, Ferguson".
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::