Joseph Eaton

Joseph Oscar Eaton (1920-2008) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Eaton was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on May 24, 1967, to a seat vacated by David Dyer; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 12, 1967, and received commission that same day. He served as chief judge from 1982-1984. He assumed senior status on April 2, 1985, and served in that capacity until his death on September 28, 2008. Eaton was succeeded in this position by Kenneth Ryskamp.

Early life and education

• Presbyterian College, A.B., 1945
• University of Florida College of Law, LL.B., 1948

Professional career

• U.S. Army Air Corps Captain, 1941-1945
• Assistant county solicitor, Dade County, Florida, 1949-1951
• U.S. Air Force Major, 1951-1952
• Assistant state attorney, Dade County, Florida, 1953
• Judge, Circuit Court, State of Florida, 1953-1954
• Private practice, Miami, Florida, 1955-1959
• Member, Florida State Senate, 1956-1959
• Judge, Circuit Court, State of Florida, 1959-1967

Judicial career

Southern District of Florida

Eaton was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on May 24, 1967, to a seat vacated by David Dyer;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on June 12, 1967, and received commission that same day. He served as chief judge from 1982-1984. He assumed senior status on April 2, 1985, and served in that capacity until his death on September 28, 2008. Eaton was succeeded in this position by Kenneth Ryskamp.

External links

• Biography from the Federal Judicial Center website.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Active judges	Chief Judge: Cecilia Altonaga   •  Jose E. Martinez (Florida)  •  Kevin M. Moore (Florida)  •  Donald Middlebrooks  •  William Dimitrouleas  •  Robin L. Rosenberg  •  Beth Bloom  •  Darrin P. Gayles  •  Kathleen M. Williams  •  Anuraag Singhal  •  Rodolfo Ruiz  •  Rodney Smith (Florida)  •  Roy Altman  •  Aileen Cannon  •  Jacqueline Becerra  •  Melissa Damian  •  David Leibowitz (Florida)
Senior judges	Federico Moreno  •  James L. King  •  Jose Gonzalez (Florida)  •  Donald Graham  •  Daniel Hurley  •  Paul Huck  •  Patricia Seitz  •  William Zloch  •  Joan Lenard  •  Kenneth Marra  •  James Cohn  •  Robert N. Scola, Jr.  •
Magistrate judges	John O'Sullivan (Florida)  •  Edwin Torres  •  Chris McAliley  •  William C. Turnoff  •  Lurana S. Snow  •  Jonathan Goodman  •  Alicia Otazo-Reyes  •  William Matthewman  •  Alicia O. Valle  •  Patrick M. Hunt  •  Bruce Reinhart  •  Lauren Fleischer Louis  •  Jared Strauss  •  Shaniek Maynard  •  Lisette M. Reid  •
Former Article III judges	George C. Young  •  William Hoeveler  •  Kenneth Ryskamp  •  Alan Gold  •  Adalberto Jordan  •  Ursula Ungaro  •  James Paine (Florida)  •  Stanley Marcus  •  William Marvin  •  Thomas Jefferson Boynton (Florida)  •  Peter Fay  •  David Dyer  •  James William Locke  •  John McKinney (Florida)  •  John Moses Cheney  •  Rhydon Mays Call  •  Alexander Akerman  •  Lake Jones  •  Halsted Lockwood Ritter  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  John Warthen Holland  •  Joseph Lieb  •  William McRae  •  Curtis Waller  •  George Whitehurst  •  Sidney Aronovitz  •  Carl Atkins  •  Ted Cabot  •  Emett Choate  •  Edward Davis (Florida)  •  Dozier DeVane  •  Joseph Eaton  •  Wilkie Ferguson  •  Charles Fulton  •  James Kehoe  •  William Mehrtens  •  Lenore Nesbitt  •  Norman Roettger  •  Thomas Scott (Florida district court judge)  •  Eugene Spellman  •  Robin Rosenbaum  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  William Julius Barker  •  Alcee Hastings  •
Former Chief judges	Federico Moreno  •  James L. King  •  Kevin M. Moore (Florida)  •  William Zloch  •  David Dyer  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  John Warthen Holland  •  George Whitehurst  •  Carl Atkins  •  Edward Davis (Florida)  •  Joseph Eaton  •  Charles Fulton  •  Norman Roettger  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  William Julius Barker  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Lyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano
1965	Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young
1966	Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams
1968	Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward