John Malcolm Duhé Jr. (born April 7, 1933) is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the New Orleans-based United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Family Education and career Duhé received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University in New Orleans in 1955 and his Juris Doctor from the Tulane University Law School in 1957. He served as an attorney in private practice in New Iberia, Louisiana from 1957 to 1978. Judicial career State court service From 1979 to 1984, Duhé was judge of the Louisiana 16th Judicial District in New Iberia. Federal judicial service Duhé was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 15, 1984, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana vacated by Judge W. Eugene Davis. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 8, 1984, and received commission on June 11, 1984. His service terminated on November 9, 1988, due to elevation to the Fifth Circuit. Duhé was nominated by President Reagan on June 27, 1988, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge Albert Tate Jr. Duhé was confirmed by the Senate on October 14, 1988, and received commission on October 17, 1988. He assumed senior status on April 7, 1999. He took inactive senior status in 2011. Clerks Among Duhé's law clerks were Washington College of Law (American University) professor David Snyder, strategic consultant Marni Karlin, Ernest Metzger, the Douglas Professor of Civil Law at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, and Kyle Duncan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. References Sources 1933 births 20th-century American judges Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Living people Louisiana lawyers Louisiana Republicans Louisiana state court judges People from Lafayette, Louisiana People from New Iberia, Louisiana Tulane University Law School alumni United States court of appeals judges appointed by Ronald Reagan United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan