Terrence Boyle
Terrence William Boyle | |
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Louise W. Flanagan | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | |
Assumed office May 3, 1984 | |
Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Terrence William Boyle December 22, 1945 Washington College of Law (J.D. ) |
Terrence William Boyle (born December 22, 1945) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He was Chief Judge of that court from 1997 to 2004. He served a second term as Chief Judge from 2018 to 2021. From 1991 to 1993 and again from 2001 to 2007, he was a nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. His federal appellate nomination from 2001 to 2007 is the longest in history not to be acted upon by the United States Senate.
Education and career
Born in
Federal judicial service
Boyle was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on April 4, 1984, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina vacated by Judge Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1984, and received commission on May 3, 1984. He served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2004. He served as Chief Judge once again from 2018 to 2021.[1]
First Fourth Circuit nomination
On October 22, 1991, Boyle was nominated by US President George H. W. Bush to a newly-created seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, but his nomination was not acted upon by the Senate, which was controlled by the Democrats. His nomination was allowed to lapse at the end of Bush's presidency.
Fourth Circuit controversies
On December 24, 1995, in the hope of integrating the Fourth Circuit, US President Bill Clinton nominated James A. Beaty Jr., an African-American judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, to a Fourth Circuit seat vacated by Judge James Dickson Phillips Jr. in 1994, when he took senior status.[2] Almost immediately, Beaty's nomination ran into opposition from Jesse Helms, who was angry that Clinton had refused to renominate Boyle to the Fourth Circuit. Beaty's nomination was ultimately unsuccessful because of Helms's opposition.
On May 9, 2001, Boyle was renominated by President George W. Bush to the Fourth Circuit, this time to the seat vacated by Phillips Jr, but his nomination was never brought to a vote on the floor of the Senate. For over five years, the nomination was stalled, the longest federal appeals court nomination that was never given a full Senate vote.
His nomination was adamantly opposed by the
In March 2005, after
In April 2006, Senate Majority Leader
On July 17, 2007, US President George W. Bush nominated United States District Court Judge Robert J. Conrad, to the Phillips seat; Conrad's nomination was also unsuccessful.
See also
- George H.W. Bush judicial appointment controversies
- George W. Bush judicial appointment controversies
References
- ^ a b "Boyle, Terrence William - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ "The President today nominated James A. Beaty Jr. and J. Rich Leonard to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit". Clinton Presidential Materials Project. Archives.gov. 22 December 1995. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "www.newsobserver.com".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "NY Times".
- ^ www.newsobserver.com Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- Terrence William Boyle at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- U.S. Department of Justice Profile