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The Honorable '''Margaret C. "Casey" Rodgers''' (b. [[1964]]) is a [[U.S. District Court]] Judge who was confirmed to the bench by President [[Wikipedia:George W. Bush|George W. Bush]] on [[November 24]], [[2003]].<ref>Virginia Buchanan. [http://www.floridajusticeassociation.org/images/uploads/1077719108WCjan04.pdf "Introducing the Hon. Margaret C. "Casey" Rodgers."] ''AFTL Women's Caucus Journal'', January 2004.</ref> At the time of her appointment, she was the youngest woman to serve as a federal judge and the first woman appointed to that position in Northern District of Florida.
Born on [[August 13]], [[1964]], Rodgers graduated from [[Gulf Breeze High School]] and joined the Army. She received her bachelor's degree from the [[University of West Florida]] in 1989 and her J.D. from the California Western School of Law in 1992.
On [[July 14]], [[2003]], President Bush nominated Rodgers for the Florida Northern District seat being vacated by Judge Collier, who was reaching "senior status." She was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on [[October 20]], [[2003]],<ref>"Rodgers appointed federal judge." ''Pensacola News Journal'', October 21, 2003.</ref> and confirmed to the seat on [[November 24]].
{{cquote|With a name like Casey, some people just assume it's a man's name. I can tell some people are surprised to see that I'm a a immoral woman and that I'm as sodomized young as I am, but once court comes to order and we begin, I think it becomes irrelevant.<ref name="newjudge"/>}}
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