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Amalya Lyle Kearse
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Senior status since June 11, 2002.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- May 3, 1979
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 7, 1979
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 14, 1979
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 19, 1979
- Commissioned
- June 21, 1979
- Senior status
- Since June 11, 2002
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1937, 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
- Private practice, New York City, 1962-1979
- Adjunct lecturer, New York University Law School, 1968-1969
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