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Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Jimmy CarterDemocratic president
Seat
WAWD0402
Nominated
Jan. 20, 1978
Committee hearing
Feb. 7, 1978
Committee action
Reported (favorably)May 16, 1978
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
May 17, 1978
Commissioned
May 19, 1978
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
Jan. 28, 1991
Service ended
Jan. 10, 2006Death

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 Eastern District of Washington Judge May 19, 1978 Nov. 8, 1978 Reassignment Jimmy Carter
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington Judge May 19, 1978 Jan. 10, 2006 Death Jimmy Carter

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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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.