Robert James Timlin (July 26, 1932 – January 17, 2017) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education
Timlin earned his
Artium Baccalaureus
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degree from
Georgetown University
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in 1954, his
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from
Georgetown University Law Center
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in 1959, and his
Master of Laws
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from Georgetown University Law Center in 1964.
Career
Timlin was in the
United States Army
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as a Private, First Class from 1955 to 1957. He was later a law clerk and attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from 1959 to 1960 and entered private practive from 1960 to 1961. Timlin then became a Trial Attorney at the Criminal Division of the
United States Department of Justice
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from 1961 to 1964.
From 1964 to 1966, Timlin served as
Assistant United States Attorney
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of the Central District of California. On leaving that role, he was in private practice for one year until he became the City Attorney of
Corona, California
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, a position he held from 1967 to 1970.
In 1970, Timlin was a teacher at Chaffey Union Jr. College in California. He reentered private practice in California from 1971 to 1976. Timlin then served as a judge in the Municipal Court, Corona Judicial District from 1976 to 1980. From 1980 to 1990 He was a judge in the
Riverside County
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Superior Court. He was then appointed as an Associate Justice of the
4th District Court of Appeal in California by
Governor
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George Deukmejian
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June 6, 1928 – May 8, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to 1991. Of Armenian descent, Deukmejian was a member of the Republican Party and he also serve ...
, a role he served in from 1990 to 1994.
Federal judicial service
Timlin was nominated by
President of the United States
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Bill Clinton
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on April 26, 1994, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was
confirmed
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by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on September 14, 1994, and received his commission on September 15, 1994. Timlin assumed
senior status
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on February 1, 2005, and remained in that status until his death on January 17, 2017.
Richard K. DeAtley. "Robert J. Timlin, Inland's first federal judge, dies at age 84"
''The Press Enterprise
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'', January 17, 2017
Published works
* " Pitchess Motions Revisited", ''California Judicial Education and Research Journal'', Spring, 1981
* ''Water Softeners Discharge'', National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, January, 1973
Notable cases
* ''Buono v. Norton'', 212 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (C.D. Cal. 2002), aff'd 371 F.3d 543 (9th Cir. 2004), on remand 364 F. Supp. 2d 1175 (C.D. Cal. 2005), aff'd sub nom. ''Buono v. Kempthorne'', 527 F.3d 758 (9th Cir. 2008), cert. granted sub nom. ''Salazar v. Buono
''Salazar v. Buono'', 559 U.S. 700 (2010), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The case concerned the legality of the Mojave Memoria ...
'', 129 S. Ct. 1313 (U.S. 2009)
References
External links
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1932 births
2017 deaths
Assistant United States Attorneys
California state court judges
Lawyers from Buffalo, New York
Georgetown University alumni
Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Judges of the California Courts of Appeal
Judges of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Superior court judges in the United States
United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
United States magistrate judges
20th-century American judges
21st-century American judges