- William A. Fletcher
William A. Fletcher (born in 1945 in
Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania ) is aUnited States federal appeals court judge who has sat on theNinth Circuit Court of Appeals since 1998.Education and legal training
Fletcher received a B.A. from
Harvard University in 1968 and another from Merton College,Oxford University in 1970 as aRhodes Scholar . He earned his law degree fromYale Law School in 1975. He then clerked forU.S. District Court JudgeStanley A. Weigel from 1975 to 1976. Fletcher then clerked forAssociate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. of theU.S. Supreme Court from 1976 to 1977.Fletcher's mother,
Betty Binns Fletcher , is also a judge on the Ninth Circuit, although she took senior status in 1998. Fletcher is an outspoken member of theAmerican Constitution Society , a nationwide, liberal association of attorneys, judges (including United States Supreme Court Justices), law students, and politicians which serves as a counterbalance to the conservative Federalist Society.Fletcher teaches Federal Courts at
Boalt Hall School of Law ,UC Berkeley , and Remedies atGolden Gate University School of Law .Professional career
Fletcher was a
Lieutenant in theU.S. Navy from 1970 to 1972 and a Professor of Law atBoalt Hall School of Law , UC Berkeley from 1977 to 1998.Federal judicial service
Fletcher was nominated by former President
Bill Clinton for a seat on the Ninth Circuit vacated byWilliam Albert Norris onJanuary 7 ,1997 . He was confirmed in a 57-41 vote onOctober 8 ,1998 and received his commission onOctober 9 .See also
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List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
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