Benjamin F. Gibson is a former United States federal judge

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Born in Safford, Alabama

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, Gibsonwas a Private in the United States Army

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 from 1948 to 1950. He received a B.S.

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 from Wayne State University

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 in 1955 and a J.D.

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 from Detroit College of Law in 1960. He was an assistant state attorney general of Michigan from 1961 to 1963. He was an assistant prosecutor, County of Ingham, Michigan from 1963 to 1964. He was in private practice in Lansing, Michigan

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 from 1964 to 1979, and was a Professor, Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan from 1979 to 1980.

On July 12, 1979, Gibson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter

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 to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

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 created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate

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 on September 25, 1979, and received his commission on September 26, 1979. He served as chief judge from 1991 to 1995, assuming senior status

Senior status

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 on July 13, 1996. Gibson served in that capacity until his retirement from the bench, on January 31, 1999.

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