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Theresa Lazar Springmann

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Theresa Lazar Springmann
Portrait of Theresa Lazar Springmann
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Assumed office
January 23, 2021
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
In office
February 3, 2017 – May 31, 2020
Preceded byPhilip P. Simon
Succeeded byJon DeGuilio
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
In office
June 24, 2003 – January 23, 2021
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJames Tyne Moody
Succeeded byCristal C. Brisco
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
In office
1995–2003
Personal details
Born (1956-01-23) January 23, 1956 (age 68) [1]
Gary, Indiana
EducationIndiana University (BA)
Notre Dame Law School (JD)

Theresa Lazar Springmann (born January 23, 1956) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

Early life and education

Born in Gary, Indiana, as the third of four children and the granddaughter of immigrants from Ireland and Russia.[2] In 1977, Springmann graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and later from Notre Dame Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1980.

Legal career

Following law school graduation, she worked as a law clerk for Judge James Tyne Moody of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana from 1980 to 1983. She was in private practice in Indiana from 1984 to 1995. She served as a United States magistrate judge of the Northern District of Indiana from 1995 to 2003.

Federal judicial career

On the recommendation of Senator Richard Lugar, Springmann was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana by President George W. Bush on January 29, 2003, to a seat vacated by James Tyne Moody. Springmann was confirmed by the Senate on March 31, 2003, on a Senate vote and received her commission on June 24, 2003. She served as chief judge from February 3, 2017, to May 31, 2020.[3] She assumed senior status on January 23, 2021, her 65th birthday.

Notable rulings

In May 1997, a John M. Stephenson received a guilty verdict and death sentence for killing three people in Warrick County, Indiana. He appealed his case to the Indiana Supreme Court on the basis of "ineffective counsel" because his attorney didn't object to him wearing a stun belt in front of the jury that convicted him. In April 2007, the Indiana Supreme Court unanimously rejected his appeal.

After the Indiana Supreme Court rejected Stephenson's appeal, he took it to the federal level, where Judge Springmann overturned his guilty sentence and the death penalty in a 26-page ruling. She noted, "Due process mandates that John M. Stephenson is entitled to what he was denied: a trial without restraints".[4]

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded. On remand, Judge Springmann ruled that Stephenson had not been prejudiced by his lawyer's failure to object to his having to wear a stun belt visible to jurors in the penalty phase of the litigation. In 2017, on appeal for the second time, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part. The appellate court ruled that Stephenson was not entitled to habeas relief with respect to his murder conviction, but that he was entitled to a new sentencing hearing because his attorney was ineffective for failing to object to his having to wear a stun belt.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Confirmation Hearing on Federal Appointments: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session". 2003.
  2. ^ Federal Judge Theresa Lazar Springmann is the 2008 recipient of the Nancy A. Maloley Outstanding Public Servant Award. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  3. ^ IN THE MATTER OF DESIGNATING A CHIEF JUDGE FOR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA, General Order No. 2017-1, February 10, 2017
  4. ^ WTHR "US judge vacates verdict in Indiana triple slayings", July 2, 2009 Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Stephenson v. Neal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. 4 August 2017.

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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
2003–2021
Succeeded by
Cristal C. Brisco
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
2017–2020
Succeeded by
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