Philip Wilkins

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

Years in office: 1983 - 1998

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Years in office: 1969 - 1983

Education

Law

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1939

Personal

Birthplace

Sacramento, CA

Philip Charles Wilkins (1913-1998) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Wilkins was nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon on October 23, 1969, to a seat vacated bySherrill Halbert; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 17, 1969, and received commission thenext day. From 1979-1983, he served as thechief judge. He assumedsenior status onJanuary 27, 1983. He served the Eastern District of California until his resignation onJuly 8, 1998. Wilkins was succeeded in this position byEdward Garcia.

Early life and education

• University of California, Hastings College of Law, LL.B., 1939

Professional career

• Private practice, Sacramento, California, 1940-1942
• U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant, 1942-1945
• Private practice, Sacramento, California, 1946-1969

Judicial career

Eastern District of California

Wilkins was nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon on October 23, 1969, to a seat vacated bySherrill Halbert; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 17, 1969, and received commission thenext day. From 1979-1983, he served as thechief judge.^[1] He assumedsenior status onJanuary 27, 1983. He served the Eastern District of California until his resignation onJuly 8, 1998. Wilkins was succeeded in this position byEdward Garcia.

External links

• Wilkins' Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Active judges	Chief Judge: Troy L. Nunley  •  Dale A. Drozd  •  Jennifer L. Thurston  •  Daniel Calabretta  •  Dena Coggins  •  Kirk Sherriff
Senior judges	Lawrence O'Neill  •  Garland Burrell  •  William Shubb  •  Anthony Ishii  •  Morrison England  •  John Mendez  •  Kimberly Mueller  •
Magistrate judges	Stanley A. Boone  •  Allison Claire  •  Carolyn K. Delaney  •  Barbara A. McAuliffe  •  Sheila K. Oberto  •  Erica Grosjean  •  Jeremy Peterson (California)  •  Dennis Cota  •  Helena Barch-Kuchta  •  Chi Soo Kim  •  Christopher Baker (Magistrate judge)  •  Sean Riordan  •
Former Article III judges	Lawrence Karlton  •  Myron Crocker  •  Robert Coyle  •  Frank Damrell  •  Oliver Wanger  •  Sherrill Halbert  •  David Levi  •  Thomas MacBride  •  Edward Price (Eastern District of California)  •  Raul Ramirez  •  Milton Schwartz  •  Philip Wilkins  •  Edward Garcia (California)  •  Ana de Alba  •
Former Chief judges	Lawrence O'Neill  •  Garland Burrell  •  Lawrence Karlton  •  William Shubb  •  Anthony Ishii  •  Myron Crocker  •  Robert Coyle  •  Morrison England  •  David Levi  •  Thomas MacBride  •  Philip Wilkins  •  Kimberly Mueller  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byRichard Nixon
1969	Adams •Barlow •Battin •Brooks •Burger •Carswell •Clark •Garth •Gibbons •Goodwin •Hannum •Herman •Ingraham •Kilkenny •Lane •Levin •MacKinnon •McFadden •Middlebrooks •Parker •Robb •Trask •Widener •Wilkins •Williams •Wright
1970	Becker •Blackmun •Bogue •Bratcher •Bue •Conti •Cox •Ditter •Dupree •Eisele •Engel •Fay •Feikens •Fisher •Frey •Gorbey •Hill •Huyett •Kelleher •Kennedy •Kent •King •Kitchen •Knapp •Knox •Krupansky •McCune •McGarr •McWilliams •Mechem •J. Miller •W. Miller •Morton •Moye •Muir •O'Kelley •Oakes •Pell •Pointer •Pratt •Roney •Rosenn •Ross •Schnacke •Scott •Stapleton •Steger •Stevens •Teitelbaum •Thompson •Tjoflat •Toledo •Turrentine •Urbom •VanArtsdalen •Walinski •Wallace •Wangelin •Webster •Weis •Wellford •Wilkey •Winner •Wood
1971	Alaimo •Allen •A. Anderson •J. Anderson •Barrett •Bauer •Bauman •Benson •Blair •Blatt •Boe •Brieant •Broderick •Bryan Jr. •Byrne •Campbell •Chapman •Choy •Contie •Costantino •DeMascio •Denney •Dier •Doyle •Field •Finesilver •Flannery •Freeman •Gagliardi •Goodwin •Gordon •Green •Gurfein •Hall •Hand •Hodges •Holden •Hunter •Kunzig •Lacey •Lucas •Lydick •Mansfield •McGovern •McLaren •McMillen •Mulligan •Murray •Neaher •Newcomer •Newman •Nielsen •O'Connor •Oakes •Pierce •Powell •Rehnquist •Renfrew •Richey •Rosen •Rubin •Russell •Scalera •Sharp •Sprecher •Stephenson •Stuart •Timbers •Tone •Sickle •Varner •R. West •Williams • Young
1972	Bechtle •Bennett •Burns •Campbell •Carter •Coffrin •Duffy •Enright •Foreman •Freedman •Griesa •Hermansdorfer •Joiner •Kashiwa •King •Knapp •Lively •Mahon •Markey •Neill •Owens •Pesquera •Roettger •Skopil, Jr. •Stewart •Tauro •Turk •Wallace •H. Ward •R. Ward •Widener
1973	Biunno •Conner •Engel •Fogel •Garth •Gee •Guin •Hancock •Harvey •Marshall •Miller •Nangle •Owen •Reed •Schatz •Sharp •Skinner •Sneed •Snyder •Stern •Webster •Weis •Wood
1974	Alsop •Duncan •Firth •Gurfein •Hill •Matsch •McGlynn •Meanor •Miles •Morris •Orrick •Platt •Porter •Schwartz •Stagg •Tone •Voorhees •Warren •Warriner •Werker