Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Title
Judge
Appointed by
None (reassignment)None (reassignment) president
Seat
CACD0801
Commissioned
Sept. 18, 1966
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 1979until Jan. 1, 1980
Senior status
Oct. 15, 1980
Service ended
March 18, 1998Death

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California Judge June 10, 1965 Sept. 18, 1966 Reassignment Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Judge Sept. 18, 1966 March 18, 1998 Death None (reassignment)

Recent judicial activity

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  • No recorded activity.

Cases

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Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.