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{{Short description|American judge}}
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| office        = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit]]
| term_start    = August 31, 1974
| term_end      = January 31, 1981
| office1       = Chief Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit]]
| term_start1   = 1973
| term_end1     = 1974
| predecessor1  = [[Marion Charles Matthes]]
| successor1    = [[Floyd Robert Gibson]]
| office2       = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit]]
| term_start2   = July 16, 1963
| term_end2     = August 31, 1974
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| appointer2    = [[List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy]]
| predecessor2  = [[Joseph William Woodrough]]
| successor2    = [[J. Smith Henley]]
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| birth_name    = Pat Mehaffy
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1904|10|08}}
| birth_place   = [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]
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'''Pat Mehaffy''' (October 8, 1904 – January 31, 1981) was a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit]].
==Education and career==
Born in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], Mehaffy received a [[Bachelor of Laws]] from the [[University of Arkansas School of Law]] in 1927. He was in private practice in Little Rock from 1929 to 1930. He was an assistant state [[attorney general]] of Arkansas from 1929 to 1933. He was chief deputy prosecuting attorney of [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]], Arkansas from 1934 to 1938. He was prosecuting attorney of Pulaski County from 1939 to 1940. He was in private practice in Little Rock from 1940 to 1963.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|1612|nid=1384976|name=Pat Mehaffy<!--(1904–1981)-->}}</ref>
==Federal judicial service==
Mehaffy was nominated by President [[John F. Kennedy]] on June 24, 1963, to a seat on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit]] vacated by Judge [[Joseph William Woodrough]]. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on July 15, 1963, and received his commission on July 16, 1963. He served as Chief Judge from 1973 to 1974. He assumed [[senior status]] due to a certified disability on August 31, 1974. Mehaffy served in that capacity until his death on January 31, 1981, in Little Rock.<ref name="auto"/>
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[[Category:1904 births]]
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[[Category:Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit]]
[[Category:United States court of appeals judges appointed by John F. Kennedy]]
[[Category:20th-century American judges]]
[[Category:University of Arkansas School of Law alumni]]