SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE FOR MARYLAND DIES

A longtime federal judge and former top prosecutor for Maryland has died.  The U.S. District Court announced J. Frederick Motz died Monday morning after a lengthy illness.  He was 80.  Motz was appointed Maryland’s U.S. Attorney in 1981 by former President Ronald Reagan.  The Baltimore native was appointed to the federal bench in 1985, and served as chief U.S. District Court judge from 1994 to 2001.