Robert Coyle

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

Years in office: 1996 - 2012

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Years in office: 1982 - 1996

Education

Bachelor's

Fresno State College, 1953

Law

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1956

Personal

Birthplace

Fresno, CA

Robert Coyle was afederal judge for theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of California. He joined the court in 1982 after being nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan. He assumed senior status on May 13, 1996 and served until his death on May 7, 2012.

Early life and education

A native ofCalifornia, Coyle graduated from Fresno State College with his bachelor's degree in 1953 and later graduated from the University of California-Hastings College of Law with his Juris Doctorate degree in 1956.

Professional career

Coyle began his legal career as a Deputy District Attorney forFresno County from 1956 to 1958 before spending the rest of his pre-judicial legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State ofCalifornia from 1958 to 1982.^[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of California

On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Pete Wilson Coyle was nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan on March 11, 1982 to a seat vacated byMyron Crocker as Crocker assumed senior status. Coyle was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 31, 1982 on a senate vote and received commission onApril 1, 1982. Coyle later assumed senior status onMay 13, 1996. He assumed senior status on May 13, 1996 and served until his death on May 7, 2012. Coyle was succeeded in this position byAnthony Ishii.

External links

• Judge Coyle's Biography at theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

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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  •

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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
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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

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