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William Matthew Byrne Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Former Born Sept. 3, 1930, Los Angeles, CA Died Jan. 12, 2006

Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Richard M. NixonRepublican president
Seat
CACD1501
Nominated
April 21, 1971
Committee hearing
May 13, 1971
Committee action
Reported (favorably)May 19, 1971
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
May 20, 1971
Commissioned
May 20, 1971
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 1994until Jan. 1, 1998
Senior status
Feb. 28, 1998
Service ended
Jan. 12, 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.

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.