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Irving Hill
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office
October 15, 1980 – March 18, 1998
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office
1979–1980
Preceded byAlbert Lee Stephens Jr.
Succeeded byA. Andrew Hauk
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office
September 18, 1966 – October 15, 1980
Appointed byoperation of law
Preceded bySeat established by 80 Stat. 75
Succeeded byRichard Arthur Gadbois Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
In office
June 10, 1965 – September 18, 1966
Appointed byLyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byWilliam Carey Mathes
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born
Irving Hill

(1915-02-06)February 6, 1915
Lincoln, Nebraska
DiedMarch 18, 1998(1998-03-18) (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California
EducationUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln (B.A.)
Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

Irving Hill (February 6, 1915 – March 18, 1998) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Education and career

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Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Hill received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1936 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1939. He was an attorney for the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. in 1939. He was an assistant to the general counsel of the Bonneville Power Administration in Portland, Oregon from 1939 to 1942. He was a Special Assistant United States Attorney of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 1942 to 1946. He was a United States Naval Reserve Lieutenant, J.G., towards the end of World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He was than a legal adviser to the United States delegation to the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 1946, and was in private practice in Beverly Hills, California from 1946 to 1961. He was a judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court from 1961 to 1965.[1]

Federal judicial service

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On May 18, 1965, Hill was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California vacated by Judge William Carey Mathes. Hill was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 9, 1965, and received his commission on June 10, 1965. On September 18, 1966, Hill was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, to a new seat established by 80 Stat. 75. He served as Chief Judge of that court from 1979 to 1980. He assumed senior status on October 15, 1980, and served in that capacity until his death, on March 18, 1998, in Los Angeles.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
1965–1966
Succeeded by
Seat abolished
Preceded by
Seat established by 80 Stat. 75
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
1966–1980
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
1979–1980
Succeeded by