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Richard Joseph Arcara
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Senior status since January 3, 2015.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- August 7, 1987
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 27, 1988
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 4, 1988
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- February 19, 1988
- Commissioned
- February 22, 1988
- Senior status
- Since January 3, 2015
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1940, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army captain, Military Police Corps, 1966-1967
- Private practice, Buffalo, New York, 1968-1969
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of New York, 1969-1973
- First assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of New York, 1973-1974
- U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1975-1981
- District attorney, Erie County, New York, 1982-1988
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