{{Short description|American judge (born 1948)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Gray Hampton Miller | honorific_suffix = | image = Gray Hampton Miller.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | term_start = December 9, 2018 | term_end = September 30, 2025 | office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | term_start1 = April 25, 2006 | term_end1 = December 9, 2018 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = George W. Bush | predecessor1 = Ewing Werlein Jr. | successor1 = Charles R. Eskridge III | pronunciation = | birth_name = Gray Hampton Miller | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1948}} | birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = University of Houston (BA, JD) <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }} '''Gray Hampton Miller''' (born 1948)<ref name="FJC">{{FJC Bio|nid=1392376|inline=yes}}</ref> is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
==Education and career== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=December 2023}} Miller attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy from 1967 to 1969, but left without receiving a degree. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 from the University of Houston and a Juris Doctor in 1978 from the University of Houston Law Center. He served as a police officer of the Houston Police Department from 1969 to 1978. Upon graduating from law school, he joined Houston's Fulbright & Jaworski law firm, where he later became partner in 1986. Miller remained at this law firm until his appointment to the district court.
===Federal judicial service===
On January 25, 2006, Miller was nominated by President George W. Bush to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, to the seat vacated by Judge Ewing Werlein Jr., who assumed senior status in 2006. He was confirmed unanimously by the Senate on April 25, 2006, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on December 9, 2018.<ref name="FJC" /> Miller left the court on September 30, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/page/history-district-judges|title=History of District Judges|website=Southern District of Texas|access-date=December 3, 2025}}</ref>
In February 2019, Gray Miller ruled in ''National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System'' that the male-only military draft in the United States is unconstitutional because it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/men-only-military-draft-is-unconstitutional-federal-judge-rules/ar-BBU0Om9|title=Men-only military draft is unconstitutional, federal judge rules|website=www.msn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/431334-judge-rules-all-male-military-draft-unconstitutional|title=Judge rules all-male military draft unconstitutional|first=Michael|last=Burke|date=24 February 2019|website=The Hill}}</ref> That decision was reversed by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hasbrouck |first1=Edward |title=Court of Appeals overturns ruling that male-only draft registration requirement is unconstitutional |url=https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002378.html |website=Resisters.Info |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> A petition for review was then filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hasbrouck |first1=Edward |title=Supreme Court asked to review Constitutionality of current male-only draft registration requirement |url=https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002587.html |website= Resisters.info |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> However, the Court declined to consider it on the basis that the situation was under active review by Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-928_new_i4ek.pdf|title=SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL COALITION FOR MEN, ET AL. v. SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM, ET AL. |website=www.supremecourt.gov}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{FJC Bio|nid=1392376}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071017003741/http://www.txs.uscourts.gov/district/judges/ghm/home.htm Court Website]
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