‎Reginald C. Lindsay was a United States federal judge

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Born in Birmingham, Alabama

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, Lindsay received a Bachelor of Arts

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 degree from Morehouse College

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 in 1967 and a Juris Doctor

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 from Harvard Law School

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 in 1970. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1970 to 1975. He was the Massachusetts state commissioner of public utilities from 1975 to 1977, thereafter returning to his private practice until 1993.

On October 27, 1993, Lindsay was nominated by President Bill Clinton

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 to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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 vacated by David Sutherland Nelson

David Sutherland Nelson

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. Lindsay was confirmed by the United States Senate

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on November 20, 1993, and received his commission on November 24, 1993. Judge Lindsay took a leave of absence from the bench in April 2008 while recovering from illness and died in Boston on March 12, 2009. He was 63 years old.