David Kenyon
David Vreeland Kenyon (1930-present) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Kenyon was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on June 20, 1980, to a seat vacated by Albert Stephens; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 1980, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on October 27, 1995. He served the Central District of California until his retirement on July 31, 1997. Kenyon was succeeded in this position by Kim McLane Wardlaw. Kenyon died on March 31st, 2015.
Early life and education
- University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1952
- University of Southern California Law School, J.D., 1957
Professional career
- U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Officer, 1953-1954
- Law clerk, Hon. Ernest A. Tolin, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1957-1958
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1958-1959
- House counsel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959-1960
- House counsel, National Theatres and Television, Inc., 1960-1961
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1961-1971
- Judge, Municipal Court of Los Angeles, California, 1971-1972
- Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles, California, 1972-1980
Judicial nominations and appointments
Central District of California
Kenyon was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on June 20, 1980, to a seat vacated by Albert Stephens;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 1980, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on October 27, 1995. He served the Central District of California until his retirement on July 31, 1997. Kenyon was succeeded in this position by Kim McLane Wardlaw.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. |
Central District of California 1980–1995 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Kim McLane Wardlaw
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
