Francis Boyle

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Years in office: 1992 - 2006

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Years in office: 1977 - 1992

Education

Law

Boston College Law, 1952

Personal

Birthplace

Providence, RI

Francis Joseph Boyle (1927-2006) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. He joined the court in 1977 after an appointment fromJimmy Carter. At the time of his appointment, he was a private practice attorney in Rhode Island. He served aschief judge from 1982-1992. He assumedsenior status onDecember 1, 1992, and continued serving in that post until his death onSeptember 11, 2006.^[1]

Early life and education

• Boston College Law School, J.D., 1952^[1]

Military service

Boyle served in the United States Navy from 1945-1946.^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1953
• Private practice, Newport, Rhode Island, 1953-1977^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of Rhode Island

Boyle was nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter on May 2, 1977, to a seat vacated byEdward Day; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 1977, and received commissionthe next day. He served aschief judge from 1982-1992. He assumedsenior status onDecember 1, 1992, and continued serving in that post until his death onSeptember 11, 2006. Boyle was succeeded in this position byMary Lisi.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

External links

• Biography of Francis Joseph Boyle from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Active judges	Chief Judge: John J. McConnell, Jr.  •  Mary McElroy  •  Melissa DuBose
Senior judges	Mary Lisi  •  Ronald Lagueux  •  William E. Smith (Rhode Island)  •
Magistrate judges	Patricia Sullivan (Rhode Island)  •
Former Article III judges	Ernest Torres  •  Bruce Marshall Selya  •  Benjamin Bourne  •  Henry Marchant  •  David Leonard Barnes  •  David Howell (Rhode Island)  •  John Pitman  •  Jonathan Russell Bullock  •  John Power Knowles  •  LeBaron Bradford Colt  •  George Moulton Carpenter  •  Arthur Lewis Brown  •  Ira Lloyd Letts  •  John Christopher Mahoney  •  Francis Boyle  •  Edward Day  •  John Patrick Hartigan  •  Edward Leahy  •  Raymond Pettine  •
Former Chief judges	Ronald Lagueux  •  Ernest Torres  •  Francis Boyle  •  Edward Day  •  Raymond Pettine  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byJimmy Carter
1977	Ballantine •Bownes •Boyle •Bua •Carr •Clark •Cowan •Daly •Filippine •Higginbotham •Hoeveler •Hug •Johnstone •Kane •Keith •Leval •Logan •MacLaughlin •McKay •Melton •Merritt •Murphy •Nickerson •Oberdorfer •Roszkowski •Roy •Rubin •Sifton •Tang •Vance •Veron
1978	Arnold •Baker •Boyle •Burns •Campos •Claiborne •Collins •Cook •Devine •Diamond •Duplantier •Edenfield •Friedman •Gonzalez •Greene •Jenkins •Lowe •Mazzone •McMillian •O'Brien •Pfaelzer •Phillips •Pollak •Sand •Shapiro •Simmons •Smith •Sweet •Tanner •Wiseman •Ziegler
1979	Ackerman •Alarcon •Anderson •Arceneaux •Arnold •Aspen •Beatty •Beer •Belew •Bertelsman •Bilby •N. Black •S. Black •Bloch •Bowen •Brett •Brooks •Brown •Buchmeyer •Bunton •Burciaga •Cabranes •Carr •Carrigan •Castagna •Cire •Clark •Cohn •Conaboy •Cordova •Crabb •Cudahy •Davis •DeAnda •Debevoise •Edwards •Eginton •Ellison •Enslen •O. Evans •T. Evans •Farris •Ferguson •Fletcher •Frye •Garcia •Garza •B. Gibson •H. Gibson •Gierbolini-Ortiz •Giles •Gilliam •Green •Hall •Hastings •Hatchett •Hatfield •Hatter •Hawkins •Henderson •Higby •Hillman •Houck •Howard •Hudspeth •Hungate •F. Johnson •S. Johnson •N. Jones •S. Jones •Karlton •Kazen •Kearse •Keeton •Kehoe •Kennedy •Kidd •King •Kravitch •Loughlin •Martin •McCurn •McDonald •McNaught •McNichols •Mikva •Mitchell •Moran •Murnaghan •Murphy •D. Nelson •D.W. Nelson •Newblatt •Newman •Overton •Paine •Panner •J. Parker •R. Parker •Penn •Perez-Gimenez •Perry •Politz •Poole •Porter •Pregerson •Price •Rambo •Ramirez •Reavley •Redden •E. Reed •S. Reed •Reinhardt •Renner •Robinson •Rothstein •Sachs •Saffels •Sanders •Sarokin •Schroeder •Schwartz •Seay •Senter •Seymour •Shannon •Shaw •Shoob •Skopil •Sloviter •Sofaer •Spellman •Sprouse •Staker •Tate •Taylor •Thompson •Tidwell •Unthank •Vietor •Vining •Wald •Ward •Weinshienk •West •Wicker •Williams •Winder •Woods •Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar •Aldrich •Anderson •Boochever •Breyer •Britt •Cahill •Canby •Carroll •Cerezo •Clemon •S. Ervin •R. Erwin •Getzendanner •Gilmore •Ginsburg •Haltom •Hardy •Henderson •Hobbs •Holschuh •Horton •Howard •Johnson •Keep •Kelly •Kenyon •Kocoras •Marquez •Marshall •Michael •Nixon •Norris •Patel •Polozola •Propst •Quackenbush •Ramsey •Rice •Shadur •Spiegel •Tashima •Thompson •Vela •White •Williams
1981	Heen