Robert Everett Coyle (May 6, 1930 – May 7, 2012) was a

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of the

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Education and career

Coyle was born in

Fresno Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, mak ...

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and received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno) in 1953 and a

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from the

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in 1956. He was a Deputy district attorney of

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, California from 1956 to 1958. He was in private practice in Fresno from 1958 to 1982.

Federal judicial service

On March 11, 1982, Coyle was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the

vacated by Judge Myron Donovan Crocker. Coyle was confirmed by the

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on March 31, 1982, and received his commission on April 1, 1982. He served as Chief Judge from 1990 to 1996, assuming

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on May 13, 1996. He served in that status until his death on May 7, 2012, in Fresno.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coyle, Robert Everett 1930 births People from Fresno, California California State University, Fresno alumni University of California, Hastings College of the Law alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan 20th-century American judges 2012 deaths