Myron Crocker
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Myron Crocker is a former federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. In 1966, he was assigned to the Eastern District after his service in the Southern District. He joined the Southern District in 1959 after being nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower. Crocker died on February 2, 2010, at the age of 94.[1][2]
Education
Crocker graduated from Fresno State University with his bachelor's degree in 1937 and later graduated from the University of California-Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law with his law degree in 1940.[2]
Professional career
- 1958-1959: Judge, Superior Court of Madera County
- 1952-1958: Municipal Judge, Chowcilla Justice Court
- 1946-1951: Assistant district attorney, Madera County, California
- 1946-1958: Attorney in private practice
- 1940-1946: Special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation[2]
Judicial career
Eastern District of California
Crocker was a federal judge for two districts in the California federal district courts due to addition for the Eastern District in the 1960s. Crocker was first nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on February 16, 1959, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Crocker was re-assigned to the Eastern District of California on September 18, 1966. Crocker served as the chief judge of the court from 1966 to 1967 before later assuming senior status on January 1, 1981. Crocker fully retired from the court in 2002.[1][2]
Southern District of California
Crocker was first nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on February 16, 1959, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Crocker was nominated to a seat vacated by Judge Gilbert Jertberg. Crocker was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 14, 1959, and received his commission on September 21, 1959. Crocker's service to the Southern District of California was terminated on September 18, 1966, due to assignment to the addition of the Eastern District of California.[2]
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of California 1966–1981 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Robert Coyle |
| Preceded by: Gilbert Jertberg |
Southern District of California 1959–1966 |
Succeeded by: '
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
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