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Thomas Owen Rice
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Active service.
Confirmed 93 to 4Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- June 29, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 20, 2011
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 13, 2011
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 93 to 4
- Confirmed
- March 6, 2012
- Commissioned
- March 8, 2012
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1960, 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
- Trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-1987
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Washington, 1987-2012; deputy chief, Criminal Division, 2000-2003; chief, Criminal Division, 2003-2006; first assistant U.S. attorney, 2006-2012
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