Judicial calendar 1982

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• Connecticut Appellate Court established.
• Carol Berkman was appointed acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Michael Cavanagh was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court.
• Bruce Cornell was appointed magistrate of Iowa District Two.
• Robert W. Doyle was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• Christine Durham, of the Utah Supreme Court, took office.
• Judith Fullerton was elected to the 7th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Jim Travis Hamilton joined the Twenty Second circuit court, Tennessee.
• James Kingsley was appointed to the 37th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Sylvia A. Lewis was appointed an associate judge of Iowa District Six.
• Melinda Morris was elected to the 22nd Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Marian Opala, of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Charles A. Porter was appointed to the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District.
• Leonard P. Rienzi was appointed to the New York City Criminal Court.
• Bill Swann joined the Sixth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• George VanBebber was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Kansas as a magistrate judge.
• Michael S. Walsh was appointed to Iowa District Three.
• J. Randall Wyatt was elected to the Criminal Court of the Twentieth Judicial District, Tennessee.

January

• January 1:

• Frank McFadden resigned from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

• January 12:

• Frederick Daugherty assumed senior status on the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma.

• January 31:

• William Bryant assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

February

• February 9:

• Robert Bork received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• Michael Kanne received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
• James T. Moody received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

• February 21:

• Robert Lowe Kunzig died, ending his service on the United States Court of Claims.

March

• March 4:

• Jack Gordon died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

• March 9:

• Leroy Contie received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
• John Gibson received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
• Eugene Lynch received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
• Elizabeth Kovachevich received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

• March 10:

• Robert Krupansky received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

• March 16:

• Henry Wise died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.

• March 19:

• William Caldwell received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
• Carol Mansmann received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
• Glenn Mencer received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

• March 23:

• Leroy Contie was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
• Vincent Biunno assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

• March 26:

• Herbert Boreman died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
• William Gray assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Edward Schwartz assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

April

• April 1:

• Robert Coyle received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
• Roy Stephenson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

• April 2:

• The United States Court of Claims and the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals were combined to form the new United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

• April 8:

• Fred Winner assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

• April 21:

• Walter Black received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
• William Hart received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• John Nordberg received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• Michael Telesca received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.

• April 30:

• Herbert Maletz assumed senior status on the United States Court of International Trade.

May

• May 10:

• John Coffey received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

• May 15:

• Robert Sprecher died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

• May 28:

• Robert Morgan assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
• Edward Neaher assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

• May 31:

• Jesse Henley assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
• Lloyd MacMahon assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Roger Robb assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

June

• June 16: Bailey Brown assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
• June 21:

• Harold Fong received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
• A.J. McNamara received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• Maurice Paul received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
• John Potter received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
• George Pratt received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.

• June 25:

• Thomas Penfield Jackson received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Henry Mentz received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• John Porfilio received his commission to serve on the District of Colorado.

July

• Thomas R. Hronek was appointed to Iowa District Two.

• July 1:

• Joseph Simon Lord assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• July 3:

• Edwin Mechem assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

• July 5:

• Orma Rinehart Smith died while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

• July 6:

• Raymond Pettine assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

• July 7:

• Reynaldo Garza assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

• July 12:

• Eugene Gordon assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

• July 14:

• Jaime Pieras received his commission to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

• July 28:

• Richard Gadbois received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California
• Lawrence Irving received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

• July 30:

• Patrick Higginbotham received his commission to serve on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Grady Jolly received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

August

• August 1:

• John Potter assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

• August 6:

• Michael Mihm received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.

• August 18:

  Bruce Marshall Selya was confirmed to the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

  William Acker received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

• August 20:

• Thomas Hogan received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Ross Roberts received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
• Harry Wellford received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

• August 31:

• Charles Neese assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

September

• September 1:

• Emanuel Mac Troutman assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• September 10:

• Harry Wellford was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

• September 18:

• Hernan Pesquera died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

• September 23:

• David Dowd received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

• September 24:

• Edward Rafeedie received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

• September 29:

• Andrew Hauk assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Frank Wiley Wilson died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

• September 30:

• Raymond Acosta received his commission to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
• James Fox received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

October

• October 1:

• James Almond was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Phillip Baldwin was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Marion Bennett was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Arnold Cowen was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Oscar Davis was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• George Fagg received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
• Shiro Kashiwa was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Don Laramore was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Howard Markey was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Jack Miller was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Philip Nichols was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Helen Nies was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Giles Rich was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Byron Skelton was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Edward Smith was reassigned to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

• October 4:

• William Cox assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

• October 9:

• Stanley Weigel assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

• October 27:

• Richard Rives died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

• October 29:

• Roger Foley assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

November

• Robert Colombo was elected to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.

• November 1:

• John Butzner assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

• November 4:

• Jerald R. Klein was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.

• November 5:

• Roy Stephenson died while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

• November 15:

• Isaac Krentzman assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

• November 26:

• Lester Cecil died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

December

• Arthur Gilbert was appointed to the California Courts of Appeal.

• December 7:

• Leonard Moore died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.

• December 10:

• John Bissell received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
• Frank Bullock received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
• Paul Plunkett received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

• December 22:

• Sam Bell received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

• December 25:

• Woodrow Seals assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

• December 29:

• Rick Sims, of the California Third District Court of Appeal, took the oath of office.
• Anthony Kline, of the California First District Court of Appeal, took the oath of office.

• December 31:

• Carl Atkins assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
• Shirley Jones resigned from service on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
• Adrian Spears died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

See also

• Judgepedia:Calendar archive