Dorothy Wright Nelson
1995 - Present
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Dorothy Wright Nelson is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. She joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter. She assumed senior status on January 1, 1995.[1]
Early life and education
Born in San Pedro, California, Nelson graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with her bachelor's degree in 1950, from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law with her J.D. in 1953, and from the University of Southern California Law School with her LL.M. in 1956.[1]
Professional career
- 1957-Present: University of Southern California Law School
- 1980-Present: Adjunct professor
- 1969-1980: Dean and professor
- 1967-1969: Interim dean
- 1965-1967: Associate dean
- 1961-1967: Associate professor
- 1958-1961: Assistant professor
- 1957-1958: Instructor
- 1954-1957: Private practice, Los Angeles, Calif.
- 1953-1956: Research associate fellow, University of Southern California Law School
Judicial career
Nelson was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on September 28, 1979, to new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. Nelson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 19, 1979, and she received her commission the next day. Nelson assumed senior status on January 1, 1995.[1] She was succeeded in this position by Judge Sidney Thomas.
See also
External links
- Judge Nelson's biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Times Leader, "Senior judges refuse to hang up their robes," March 20, 2011
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat 92 Stat. 1629 |
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1979 – 1995 |
Succeeded by: Sidney Thomas
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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 | |||
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
