What is Pamela L. Reeves?
'''Pamela Lynn Reeves''' (July 21, 1954 – September 10, 2020) was an American [[politician]] and [[lawyer]]. She was the [[United States federal judge|Chief United States District Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee]] from 2019 until her death. She was the first female judge to serve in the Eastern District.<ref>[http://www.afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/President-Obama-Female-Firsts.pdf Making History: President Obama’s Female Judicial Nominees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928205158/https://www.afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/President-Obama-Female-Firsts.pdf|date=2018-09-28}}, ''[[Alliance for Justice]]'' (June 11, 2013).</ref> Reeves was born in [[Marion, Virginia]]. She was nominated to the court by President [[Barack Obama]] in 2014. Reeves died on September 10, 2020 from [[cancer]], aged 66.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crocker |first1=Brittany |title=East Tennessee's first female chief judge, Pamela Reeves, has died |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2020/09/10/trailblazing-chief-district-judge-pamela-reeves-dies/3459056001/ |website=Knoxville News Sentinel |access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Reeves, Pamela Lynn}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in the United States]] [[Category:American judges]] [[Category:Lawyers from Virginia]] [[Category:Politicians from Virginia]] [[Category:Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Lawyers from Tennessee]] {{US-bio-stub}}