Harry Pregerson
| Harry Pregerson | |
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Pregerson (right) receiving an award from Hershel Gober
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
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In office November 2, 1979 – December 11, 2015 |
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| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
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In office December 7, 1967 – November 2, 1979 |
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| Appointed by | Lyndon Johnson |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Cynthia Hall |
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October 13, 1923 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Bernardine Pregerson |
| Education |
University of California, Los Angeles (BA) University of California, Berkeley (LLB) |
Harry Pregerson (born October 13, 1923) serves as a Senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was appointed to the Ninth Circuit in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and assumed senior status on December 11, 2015. Previous to his elevation to the circuit court he was appointed to the United States District Court for the Central District of California in 1967 by President Lyndon Johnson.
He is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (1947), and the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (1950). Judge Pregerson was also a U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant in World War II, during which he was severely wounded in the Battle of Okinawa (4 May 1945).
Pregerson's judicial philosophy is frequently characterized as liberal. The conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt criticized him for "judicial activism" and "rules with his heart instead of his head."
Pregerson was part of a unanimous three-judge panel that ordered the postponement of the 2003 California recall election based on the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because in the recall, six counties would use the antiquated punched cards voting system. The decision, however, was subsequently overturned by the en banc court of Ninth Circuit. Eventually, the recall was successful in removing Gray Davis from governorship, and Arnold Schwarzenegger became the new governor of California.
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