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William A. Fletcher
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status since January 24, 2022.
Confirmed 57 to 41Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- January 7, 1997
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 29, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 21, 1998
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 57 to 41
- Confirmed
- October 8, 1998
- Commissioned
- October 9, 1998
- Senior status
- Since January 24, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1945, 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. Navy lieutenant, 1970-1972
- Law clerk, Hon. Stanley A. Weigel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1975-1976
- Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-1977
- Professor of law, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1977-1998
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