Reeves, Carlton W., 1964-

Carlton Wayne Reeves (born April 11, 1964) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Reeves was born in 1964 in Fort Hood, Texas, and was raised in rural Yazoo City, Mississippi. As a teenager, Reeves cleaned the office of U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour Jr., whom he would later replace on the federal bench.[3] Reeves was the first person in his family to attend a four-year college, and graduated in 1986 magna cum laude from Jackson State University. Reeves then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, graduating in 1989 as a Ritter Scholar.[2] After law school, Reeves served as a law clerk for Justice Reuben V. Anderson, the first African American judge to serve on the Mississippi Supreme Court.

On April 28, 2010, Reeves was nominated by President Barack Obama to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi vacated by Judge William H. Barbour Jr. Reeves was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 2010 by voice vote. Reeves is the second African American to serve on the federal judiciary in Mississippi. He received his commission on December 20, 2010.