Tallahassee federal courthouse renamed in honor of Justice Hatchett
Joseph Hatchett
President Joe Biden recently signed legislation renaming the federal courthouse in Tallahassee after civil rights pioneer and former Supreme Court Justice Joseph W. Hatchett.
A retired 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals chief judge and the first Black person since Reconstruction to serve on Florida’s highest court, Judge Hatchett died April 30, 2021, at the age of 88.