Richard Nygaard
2005 - Present
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Richard Lowell Nygaard is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. He joined the court in 1988 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. In addition to his duties as a federal judge, in June of 2016, Judge Nygaard was ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal Church.[1][2]
Early life and education
A native of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, Nyggard graduated from the University of Southern California with his bachelor's degree in 1969 and from the University of Michigan Law School with his J.D. degree in 1971.[1]
Military service
Nyggard also served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1958 to 1964.[1]
Professional career
- 1988-present: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- 2005-present: Senior judge
- 1988-2005: Judge
- 1981-1988: Judge, Erie County Court of Common Pleas
- 1972-1980: Private practice, North East, Pa.[1]
Judicial career
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Richard L. Nygaard |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 142 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: May 25, 1988
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: August 10, 1988 October 4, 1988 |
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| Reported: October 5, 1988
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| Confirmed: October 14, 1988
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| Vote: Unanimous consent
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Nygaard was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 25, 1988, to a seat vacated by Judge Joseph Weis, Jr. as Weis assumed senior status. Hearings on Nygaard's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on August 10, 1988, and on October 4, 1988. Nygaard's nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on October 5, 1988, and he was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on October 14, 1988. Judge Nygaard received his commission on October 17, 1988. He assumed senior status on the court on July 9, 2005.[1][3] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Thomas Hardiman.
Awards and associations
In October 2013, the rotunda of the federal courthouse in Erie, Pennsylvania, was named after Judge Nygaard.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed December 10, 2016
- ↑ Episcopal News Service, "Richard L. Nygaard, Federal Court of Appeals judge, ordained deacon," August 3, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1121 — Richard L. Nygaard — The Judiciary," accessed December 10, 2016
- ↑ GoErie.com, "Judge Nygaard being honored in Erie today," October 10, 2013
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Joseph Weis |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1988–present |
Succeeded by: Thomas Hardiman
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| 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 | ||
