Thomas Samuel Zilly
Thomas Samuel Zilly | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington | |
Assumed office January 1, 2004 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington | |
In office April 20, 1988 – January 1, 2004 | |
Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Walter T. McGovern |
Succeeded by | James Robart |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Samuel Zilly January 1, 1935 Detroit, Michigan |
Education | University of Michigan (BA) Cornell University (JD) |
Thomas Samuel Zilly (born January 1, 1935) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle, Washington.[1]
Education and career
Born in
Zilly served as president of the Seattle-King County Bar Association in 1986-1987 and on multiple Washington State Bar Association committees, including as a hearing officer for its disciplinary board and as a bar examiner.[citation needed]
Federal judicial service
On February 16, 1988, Zilly was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington vacated by Judge Walter T. McGovern. A hearing on his nomination was held on March 28, 1988, and the Senate Judiciary Committee approved it on April 14, 1988.[3] Zilly was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 19, 1988, and received his commission the following day. He assumed senior status on January 1, 2004.[2]
In November 1988 Zilly ruled that the
In August 1997, Zilly certified a
In June 2002, Zilly ruled that the University of Washington had not engaged in "reverse discrimination" against white law school admission aspirants who had not been admitted to the class entering in fall 1994.[6]
On January 28, 2017, Zilly ordered
In February 2019, Zilly ordered the
In September 2020, Zilly denied a government motion to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of Che Andre Taylor, who had been shot dead by Seattle police officers in 2016.[9]
Zilly presided over the first trial in the Western District of Washington ever conducted via the online platform Zoom during October 2020.[10]
References
- ^ Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. 1989. p. 908. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ a b Thomas Samuel Zilly at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "PN850 — Thomas S. Zilly — The Judiciary". Congress.gov. U.S. Government. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Egan, Timothy (18 November 1988). "Ruling on Owl Stirs New Hope for Trees". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Steele, Karen (14 August 1997). "Judge Throws Out Oregon Man's Suit On Cold War Tests Rules He Waited Too Long; Local Case Still Active". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Law School Admissions Legal, Judge Rules in 'Reverse Discrimination' Lawsuit". Columns: The University of Washington Alumni Magazine. University of Washington. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Zilly, Thomas (28 January 2017). "Order Granting Emergency Motion for Stay of Removal, John Doe I et al. v. Trump et ux" (PDF). U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Judge Orders Pentagon To Stop Discriminating Against Naturalized Citizen Soldiers". National Public Radio. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Carter, Mike (September 5, 2020). "'They said, he's dead': Judge in Seattle won't dismiss civil rights lawsuit by family of Che Taylor". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ Alder, Madison (October 9, 2020). "Zoom Trial Judge Recommends Jurors Get Time for Virtual Chitchat". Bloomberg. Bloomberg Law. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
Sources
- Thomas Samuel Zilly at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.