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Richard Lowell Nygaard
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Senior status since July 9, 2005.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- May 25, 1988
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- August 10, 1988
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 5, 1988
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 14, 1988
- Commissioned
- October 17, 1988
- Senior status
- Since July 9, 2005
- American Bar Association rating
- 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. Naval Reserve, 1958-1964
- Private practice, North East, Pennsylvania, 1972-1980
- Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Erie County [Pennsylvania], 1981-1988
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