John M. Roll United States Courthouse - Yuma, AZ
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N 32° 43.539 W 114° 37.244
11S E 722973 N 3623376
A federal courthouse in Yuma, Arizona.
Waymark Code: WM15Q3V
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2022
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About the place:
Taken from the website, "Completed in 2013, the John M. Roll U.S. Courthouse was constructed on the Colorado River on a donated parcel of land. The courthouse honors the late Chief District Judge for the District of Arizona, who served as a board member on the project’s source selection panel for the building’s design and strongly advocated for its location in Yuma. The courthouse houses two magistrate courtrooms, judges’ chambers, and jury facilities. It achieved LEED® Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council in part for its dramatic solar canopy that supplies 25 percent of the building’s energy, use of locally sourced building materials, and water-saving features."
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About the person:
Taken from Wikipedia, "John McCarthy Roll (February 8, 1947 – January 8, 2011) was a United States District Judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona from 1991 until his murder in 2011, and as chief judge of that court from 2006 to 2011. With degrees from the University of Arizona College of Law and University of Virginia School of Law, Roll began his career as a court bailiff in Arizona and became an assistant city attorney of Tucson, Arizona in 1973. Later that year, Roll became a deputy county attorney for Pima County, Arizona until 1980, when he began serving as an Assistant United States Attorney for seven years. President George H. W. Bush appointed Roll to a federal judge seat in Arizona after Roll served four years as a state judge.
Roll was killed in the 2011 Tucson shooting while attending a constituent outreach event held by U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords in Casas Adobes, near Tucson, Arizona."
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