Thomas Morrow Reavley (June 21, 1921 – December 1, 2020) was an American jurist who was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
[1] After World War II, he received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1948.
[2] Reavley was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on May 17, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat.1629.
[2] On October 24, 2017, Reavley ruled that a sheriff violated the Constitution when he held Jessica Jauch in jail for 96 days before she was brought before a judge.
Undercover footage had shown that Jauch was innocent, and the charges against her were dropped after she saw a judge.
[5] Reavley married fellow Fifth Circuit judge Carolyn Dineen King in August 2004.