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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Gerald FordRepublican president
Seat
CA40206
Nominated
Aug. 26, 1976
Committee hearing
Sept. 1, 1976
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Sept. 1, 1976
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Sept. 1, 1976
Commissioned
Sept. 3, 1976
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
Feb. 24, 1998
Service ended
July 8, 1999Death

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 West Virginia Judge Dec. 6, 1971 Sept. 26, 1976 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge Sept. 3, 1976 July 8, 1999 Death Gerald Ford

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.