Candy Dale

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Candy Dale
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Prior offices
United States District Court for the District of Idaho

Education

Bachelor's

College of Idaho, 1979

Law

University of Idaho Law, 1982

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Candy Wagahoff Dale was a federal magistrate judge with the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. She was appointed to the court on March 30, 2008.[1] With this appointment, Dale became the first woman appointed to a federal court in Idaho. She served as the first chief magistrate judge for the District of Idaho from October 1, 2008, until September 30, 2015, and served again as chief magistrate from June 11, 2021, through March 31, 2022. Dale retired on March 31, 2022.[2][3][4][5]

Education

Judge Dale received her undergraduate degree from the College of Idaho in 1979 and her J.D. degree from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1982.[1][6]

Professional career

Judge Dale began her legal career as an associate with the law firm Moffatt, Thomas, Barret & Blanton. In 1988, she began working with the firm Hall, Farley, Oberrecht & Blanton. She was then appointed to the district court in November of 2007.[1][6]

Judicial career

Dale was appointed to be a federal magistrate judge on March 30, 2008. Dale was reappointed to a second eight-year term in January 2016. Dale was reappointed as the court's chief magistrate on June 10, 2021.[1][7] Dale retired on March 31, 2022.[2]

Noteworthy cases

Same-sex marriage in Idaho (2014)

See also: United States District Court for the District of Idaho (Latta v. Otter, 1:13-cv-00482-CWD)

In May 2014, Judge Dale ruled in favor of four same-sex couples challenging Idaho's 2006 Marriage Definition Amendment.[8][9] In the ruling, Judge Dale noted:

Idaho’s Marriage Laws withhold from them a profound and personal choice, one that most can take for granted. By doing so, Idaho’s Marriage Laws deny same-sex couples the economic, practical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of marriage, relegating each couple to a stigmatized, second-class status. Plaintiffs suffer these injuries not because they are unqualified to marry, start a family, or grow old together, but because of who they are and whom they love.[10][11]
The full ruling can be read here.

Idaho wolf hunts (2013)

See also: United States District Court for the District of Idaho

Judge Dale was the presiding judge in a case where an Idahoan Environmental group attempted to block a two-day hunting derby, which offered awards of $1,000 for both the largest wolf killed and the most coyotes. Judge Dale declined to issue an injunction on the derby, which allowed it to proceed. There were no wolves killed in the derby.[12]

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Footnotes

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