John Michael Seabright

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title: "John Michael Seabright" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1959-births", "living-people", "assistant-united-states-attorneys", "george-washington-university-law-school-alumni", "judges-of-the-united-states-district-court-for-the-district-of-hawaii", "lawyers-from-wheeling,-west-virginia", "tulane-university-alumni", "united-states-district-court-judges-appointed-by-george-w.-bush", "william-s.-richardson-school-of-law-faculty"] description: "American judge (born 1959)" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michael_Seabright" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American judge (born 1959) ::

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Field	Value
name	John Michael Seabright
image	J. Michael Seabright, U.S. District Court Judge 2.jpg
office	Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
term_start	January 30, 2024
office1	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
term_start1	November 6, 2015
term_end1	November 6, 2022
predecessor1	Susan Oki Mollway
successor1	Derrick Watson
office2	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
term_start2	April 28, 2005
term_end2	January 30, 2024
appointer2	George W. Bush
predecessor2	Alan Cooke Kay
successor2	Micah W. J. Smith
birth_name	John Michael Seabright
birth_date
birth_place	Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.
education	Tulane University (BA)
George Washington University (JD)
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Early life and education

Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, Seabright received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 1984.

Career

Seabright was in private practice in Hawaii from 1984 to 1987. He was an assistant United States attorney in the District of Columbia from 1987 to 1990, and then held the same office in the District of Hawaii from 1990 to 2005, becoming a supervisory assistant United States attorney in 2001. He was an adjunct professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1999, 2000, and 2002.

Federal judicial service

On February 14, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Seabright to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii vacated by Judge Alan Cooke Kay. The Senate confirmed Seabright by a 98-0 vote on April 27, 2005, and he received his commission on April 28, 2005. He became chief judge on November 6, 2015 when Susan Oki Mollway assumed senior status and served until November 6, 2022. Seabright assumed senior status on January 30, 2024.

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References

1. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oeC34Af3WXgC&pg=PA516 Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, Volume 4, Part 8]
2. {{FJC Bio
3. . (n.d.). ["Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation J. Michael Seabright, of Hawaii, to be U.S. District Judge )"](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1091/vote_109_1_00111.htm). *United States Senate*.

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