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Carolyn Dimmick

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

Tenure

1997 - Present

Years in position

28

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

Years in office: 1985 - 1997

Education

Bachelor's

University of Washington, 1951

Law

University of Washington School of Law, 1953

Personal

Birthplace

Seattle, WA

Contact

Official website

Carolyn R. Dimmick is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Washington. She joined the court in 1985 after being nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan.

Early life and education

ASeattle, Washington native, Dimmick graduated from the University of Washington with her bachelor's degree in 1951 and from the University of Washington School of Law with herJ.D. in 1953.^[1]

Professional career

• 1985 - Present:United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

• 1997 - Present: Senior judge

• 1994-1997: Chief judge

• 1985-1997: Judge

• 1981-1995: Justice,Washington Supreme Court
• 1976-1980: Judge,King CountySuperior Court
• 1965-1975: Judge,King County District Court
• 1962-1965: Private practice,Seattle, Wa.
• 1960-1962: Deputy prosecutor,King County, Washington
• 1959-1960: Private practice, Seattle, Wa.
• 1955-1959: Deputy prosecutor, King County, Washington
• 1953-1954:Assistant attorney general,Washington^[1]

Judicial career

Western District of Washington

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Carolyn R. Dimmick
Court:United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Progress
Confirmed 27 days after nomination.
ANominated: March 7, 1985
AABA Rating:
Questionnaire:
AHearing: March 20, 1985
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: April 3, 1985
AConfirmed: April 3, 1985
AVote: Voice vote

Dimmick was nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan on March 7, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Dimmick's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on March 20, 1985, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on April 3, 1985. Dimmick was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on April 3, 1985, and she received her commission the next day. From 1994 to 1997, Dimmick served aschief judge of the district court. Dimmick elected to takesenior status beginning on November 1, 1997. She was succeeded in this position by JudgeRobert Lasnik.^[1][2]

See also

• United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
• United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Dimmick's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Active judges	Chief Judge: David G. Estudillo  •  John Chun  •  Tana Lin  •  Lauren King  •  Tiffany Cartwright  •  Kymberly Evanson  •  Jamal Whitehead
Senior judges	Robert Lasnik  •  Robert Bryan  •  John Coughenour  •  Carolyn Dimmick  •  Richard Jones (Washington)  •  Thomas Zilly  •  Ben Settle  •  Barbara Rothstein  •  James Robart  •  Ricardo Martinez (Washington)  •  Marsha Pechman  •
Magistrate judges	Brian Tsuchida  •  David Christel  •  Richard Creatura  •  Paula McCandlis  •  Theresa Fricke  •  Michelle Peterson  •  S. Kate Vaughan  •
Former Article III judges	Ronald Leighton  •  Cornelius Holgate Hanford  •  Edward Cushman  •  George Donworth  •  Clinton Woodbury Howard  •  Jeremiah Neterer  •  Franklin Burgess  •  Walter McGovern  •  John Clyde Bowen  •  Lloyd Black  •  William Goodwin  •  William Lindberg  •  Jack Tanner  •  William Beeks  •  George Boldt  •  William Dwyer (Washington)  •  Charles Leavy  •  Morell Sharp  •  Donald Voorhees  •  Monica Benton  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Lasnik  •  John Coughenour  •  Carolyn Dimmick  •  Ricardo Martinez (Washington)  •  Walter McGovern  •  John Clyde Bowen  •  William Goodwin  •  William Lindberg  •  William Beeks  •  George Boldt  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byRonald Reagan
1981	Bartlett •Beam •Becker •Bork •Cacheris •Cardamone •Chapman •Coughenour •Cox •Crow •Cyr •Doumar •Eschbach •Forrester •Garwood •Gibson •Glasser •Hall •Hamilton •Head •Jones •Kiser •Krenzler •Lee •Magnuson •McLaughlin •Miner •Moore •Nowlin •O'Connor •Pierce •Posner •Potter •Russell •Ryan •Shabaz •Sprizzo •Stevens •Waters •Wilhoit •Wilkins •Winter
1982	Acker •Acosta •Altimari •Bell •Bissell •Black •Bullock •Caldwell •Coffey •Contie •Coyle •Dowd •Fagg •Fong •Fox •Gadbois •Gibson •Ginsburg •Hart •Higginbotham •Hogan •Irving •Jackson •Jolly •Kanne •Kovachevich •Krupansky •Lynch •Mansmann •McNamara •Mencer •Mentz •Mihm •Moody •Nordberg •Paul •Pieras •Plunkett •Porfilio •Potter •Pratt •Rafeedie •Restani •Roberts •Scalia •Selya •Telesca •Wellford
1983	Baldock •Barbour •Barry •Bowman •Carman •Carter •Curran •Davis •Dorsey •Feldman •Fish •Flaum •Gibbons •Hallanan •Harris •Hinojosa •Hull •Hupp •Katz •Keenan •Kelly •Kram •Laffitte •Limbaugh, Sr. •Limbaugh, Sr. •Milburn •Nesbitt •Nevas •O'Neill •Rymer •Sharp •Starr •Vinson •Vukasin •Wexler • Woods
1984	Barker •Beezer •Biggers •Billings •Bissell •Boyle •Brewster •Browning •DiCarlo •Duhe •Garcia •George •Hall •Hargrove •Higgins •Hill •Holland •Ideman •Jarvis •Keller •Leavy •Lee •Legge •Leisure •Little •Livaudais •Longobardi •McKibben •Milburn •Newman •Norgle •Prado •Rea •Rosenblatt •Rovner •Scirica •Smith, Jr. •Sneeden •Stotler •Suhrheinrich •Torruella •Wiggins •Wilkinson
1985	Alley •Altimari •Anderson •Aquilino •Archer •Arnold •Baldock •Batchelder •Battey •Broomfield •Brown •Brown •Brunetti •Buckley •Cobb •Conmy •Cowen •Davidson •Dimmick •Duff •Easterbrook •Edgar •Farnan •Fernandez •Fitzpatrick •Fuste •Greene •Gunn •Guy •Hall •Hilton •Holderman •Hughes •Johnson •Jones •Korman •Kozinski •La Plata •Leinenweber •Letts •Lovell •Ludwig •Maloney •Mansmann •Marcus •McDonald •Meredith •Miller •Mills •Miner •Motz •Nelson •Noonan •Porfilio •Revercomb •Rhoades •Ripple •Rodriguez •Rosenbaum •Roth •Ryan •Sam •Scott •Sentelle •Silberman •Sporkin •Stanton •Stapleton •Strand •Strom •Tacha •Tevrizian •Thompson •Todd •Tsoucalas •Walker •Walter •Weber •Williams •Wilson •Wingate •Wolf •Wollman •Young •Zloch
1986	Anderson •Boggs •Bryan •Cedarbaum •Cholakis •Conway •Davies •Dearie •Dubina •Duggan •Edmondson •Fawsett •Fitzwater •Gex •Graham •Hackett •Hansen •Henderson •Hittner •Howard •Jensen •Kay •Kleinfeld •Kosik •Lagueux •Lechner •Magill •Mahoney •Manion •McAvoy •McQuade •Norris •O'Scannlain •Rehnquist •Ryskamp •Scalia •Selya •Simpson •Smalkin •Spencer •Stiehl •Wilkins •Williams •Woodlock •Zatkoff
1987	Alesia •Beam •Bell •Conboy •Cowen •Cummings •Daronco •Doty •Dwyer •Ebel •Ellis •Gadola •Gawthrop •Greenberg •Harrington •Howard •Hoyt •Hutchinson •Kanne •Kelly •Larimer •Leavy •Lew •Marsh •Mayer •McKinney •Michel •Mukasey •Musgrave •Niemeyer •Parker •Phillips •Politan •Pro •Raggi •Reasoner •Reed •Scirica •Sentelle • Smith •Smith •Stadtmueller •Standish •Tinder •Torres •Trott •Turner •Van Antwerpen •Voorhees •Webb •Whipple •Wolin •Wolle •Wood •Zagel
1988	Arcara •Babcock •Brorby •Butler •Cambridge •Camp •Conlon •Cox •Dubois •Duhe •Ezra •Forester •Friedman •Garza •Hutton •Jordan •Kennedy •Lake •Lamberth •Lifland •Lozano •Marovich •Nygaard •Patterson •Schell •Smith •Smith •Tilley •Waldman •Zilly