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The Honorable '''Margaret C. "Casey" Rodgers''' (b. [[1960]]) 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.

When Judge [[Lacey Collier]] was appointed to the federal bench in [[1991]], Rodgers became his first law clerk.<ref name="newjudge">"New judge in town." ''Pensacola News Journal'', February 28, 2004.</ref> She practiced with the law firm of [[Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse]] from 1994-98, then served as general counsel for [[West Florida Medical Center]] before going into private employment law practice in 1999. On [[May 9]], [[2002]], she replaced [[Susan Novotny]] as U.S. magistrate judge.

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 woman and that I'm as young as I am, but once court comes to order and we begin, I think it becomes irrelevant.<ref name="newjudge"/>}}

==Notable cases==
*[[Holly M. Barnes]]
*[[Rogelio Galvan Chavez]]
*[[Charles Dix]]
*[[Rafael Goodwin]] & [[Marcus Porter]]
*[[Kent Hovind|Kent]] & [[Jo Hovind]]
*[[Fred "Sport" Suttles]] & [[Mary Ham]]
*[[Jason Carter Wilson]]

==Community involvement<ref>"40 Under 40." ''Pensacola Business Journal'', April 25, 2004.</ref>==
*[[Better Business Bureau of Northwest Florida]]
*[[ARC Gateway]]
*[[Pensacola Runners Association]]
*[[Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association]]
*[[Leadership Pensacola]] Class of 1998

==References==
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[[Category:Federal judges|Rodgers, Casey]] [[Category:Gulf Breeze High School graduates|Rodgers, Casey]]