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| office = [[Senior Status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of Arizona]]<br />
| term_start = March 4, 2019<br />
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| office1 = Chief Judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Arizona]]<br />
| term_start1 = September 3, 2013<br />
| term_end1 = September 4, 2018<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Roslyn O. Silver]]<br />
| successor1 = [[G. Murray Snow]]<br />
| office2 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Arizona]]<br />
| term_start2 = August 3, 1998<br />
| term_end2 = March 4, 2019<br />
| appointer2 = [[List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[William Docker Browning]]<br />
| successor2 = [[John C. Hinderaker]]<br />
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| birth_name = Raner Christercunean Collins<br />
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| birth_place = [[Malvern, Arkansas]], U.S.<br />
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'''Raner Christercunean Collins''' (born 1952) is a [[Senior status|senior]] [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of Arizona]].<br />
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==Education and career==<br />
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Born in [[Malvern, Arkansas]], Collins received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Arkansas Tech University|Arkansas Polytechnic College]] (now Arkansas Tech University) in 1973 and a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[James E. Rogers College of Law|University of Arizona College of Law]] (now James E. Rogers College of Law) in 1975. He was a [[law clerk]] in the [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]], Arizona Attorney's Office from 1975 to 1976, and then a trial attorney for that office until 1981. He was a city magistrate for the City of [[Tucson]] Court from 1981 to 1983, thereafter returning to Pima County Attorney's Office as a county attorney until 1985. He was a superior court judge pro tempore of the Pima County Superior Court from 1985 to 1988, and a superior court judge there from 1988 to 1998.<br />
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===Federal judicial service===<br />
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On May 11, 1998, Collins was nominated by President [[Bill Clinton]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the District of Arizona]] vacated by Judge [[William Docker Browning]]. Collins was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on July 31, 1998, and received his commission on August 3, 1998. He became Chief Judge on September 3, 2013, succeeding previous Chief Judge [[Roslyn O. Silver]] who took [[senior status]]. He finished his term as Chief Judge on September 4, 2018. He assumed [[senior status]] on March 4, 2019.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=1390741|inline=yes}}</ref><br />
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===Notable ruling===<br />
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On January 11, 2011, following the death of Chief Judge John Roll in the [[2011 Tucson shooting]], Collins ordered that the judges of the District of Arizona, all of whom knew Roll well, could not preside over the prosecution of the alleged murderer.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of African-American federal judges]]<br />
* [[List of African-American jurists]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{FJC Bio|nid=1390741}}<br />
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