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American judge (born )

Stephen P. Friot (born August 14, ) is a seniorUnited States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Education and career

Born in Troy, New York, Friot received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma in and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in He was in private practice in Oklahoma from to

District court service

On September 4, , Friot was nominated by President George W.

Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma vacated by Wayne Alley. Friot was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 6, , and received his commission on November 12, He assumed senior status on December 1,

In June , Friot controversially suggested he would give a reduced sentence to a year-old counterfeiting defendant if she got medically sterilized.^[1] He suggested it because she had seven children