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Oliver Deveta Hamlin Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office
September 5, 1963 – December 28, 1973
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office
March 26, 1958 – September 5, 1963
Appointed byDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byWilliam Denman
Succeeded byWalter Raleigh Ely Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
In office
August 3, 1953 – April 15, 1958
Appointed byDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byMonroe Mark Friedman
Succeeded byLloyd Hudson Burke
Personal details
BornOliver Deveta Hamlin Jr.
(1892-11-30)November 30, 1892
Oakland, California
DiedDecember 28, 1973(1973-12-28) (aged 81)
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BL)

Oliver Deveta Hamlin Jr. (November 30, 1892 – December 28, 1973) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Education and career

Born in Oakland, California, Hamlin received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of California, Berkeley in 1914. He was a deputy district attorney of Alameda County, California from 1915 to 1920, and was in private practice in Oakland from 1920 to 1947. He was a Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court from 1947 to 1953.

Federal judicial service

Hamlin was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 23, 1953, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by Judge Monroe Mark Friedman. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 1953, and received his commission on August 3, 1953. His service terminated on April 15, 1958, due to his elevation to the Ninth Circuit.

Hamlin was nominated by President Eisenhower on March 6, 1958, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge William Denman. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 25, 1958, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on September 5, 1963. His service terminated on December 28, 1973, due to his death.

References

  1. ^ Oliver Deveta Hamlin Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Legal offices
Preceded byMonroe Mark Friedman Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
1953–1958 		Succeeded byLloyd Hudson Burke
Preceded byWilliam Denman Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1958–1963 		Succeeded byWalter Raleigh Ely Jr.
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