Terrence W. Boyle
| Terrence William Boyle | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | |
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In office 1997–2004 |
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| Preceded by | James Carroll Fox |
| Succeeded by | Louise W. Flanagan |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | |
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Assumed office May 3, 1984 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Terrence William Boyle December 22, 1945 Passaic, New Jersey |
| Education |
Brown University (B.A.) Washington College of Law (J.D.) |
Terrence William Boyle (born December 22, 1945) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He was Chief Judge of that court from 1997 to 2004. From 1991 to 1993 and again from 2001 to 2007, he was a nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. His federal appellate nomination from 2001 to 2007 is the longest in history not to be acted upon by the United States Senate.
Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Boyle received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from the Washington College of Law at American University in 1970. From 1970 to 1973, he was the minority counsel of the Housing Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency. In 1973, he was a legislative assistant to Republican Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina. He was in private practice in Elizabeth City, North Carolina from 1974 to 1984.
Boyle was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on April 4, 1984, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina vacated by Judge Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1984, and received commission on May 3, 1984. He served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2004.
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