Sherrill Halbert
Sherrill Halbert (1901-1991) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Halbert was nominated to the Northern District of California by President Dwight Eisenhower on August 19, 1954, to a seat vacated by Dal Millington Lemmon; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 20, 1954, and received his commission on August 26, 1954. He served the Northern District of California until he was assigned to the Eastern District of California on September 18, 1966. He assumed senior status on September 30, 1969. He served the Eastern District of California until his death on May 31, 1991. Halbert was succeeded in this position by Philip Wilkins.
Early life and education
- University of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1924
- University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1927
Professional career
- Private practice, Porterville, California, 1927-1941
- Chief deputy district attorney, County of Tulare, California, 1927-1936
- Deputy state attorney general, California, 1942
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1942-1944
- Private practice, Modesto, California, 1944-1949
- Chief deputy district attorney, County of Stanislaus, California, 1944-1949
- District attorney, County of Stanislaus, California, 1949
- Judge, Superior Court of California, 1949-1954
Judicial career
Eastern District of California
Halbert was nominated to the Northern District of California by President Dwight Eisenhower on August 19, 1954, to a seat vacated by Dal Millington Lemmon; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 20, 1954, and received his commission on August 26, 1954.[1] He served the Northern District of California until he was assigned to the Eastern District of California on September 18, 1966. He assumed senior status on September 30, 1969. He served the Eastern District of California until his death on May 31, 1991. Halbert was succeeded in this position by Philip Wilkins.
External links
- Hablert's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Hablert's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of California 1966–1969 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Philip Wilkins |
| Preceded by: Dal Lemmon |
Northern District of California 1954–1966 |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Richard Seeborg • Beth Labson Freeman • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers • Trina Thompson • Jon S. Tigar • Jacqueline Scott Corley • James Donato • Vince Girdhari Chhabria • Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr. • Noël Wise • Rita Lin • Eumi Lee • Araceli Martínez-Olguín • P. Casey Pitts | ||
| Senior judges |
Thelton Henderson • William Alsup (California) • Saundra Armstrong • Charles Breyer • Maxine Chesney • Phyllis Hamilton • Susan Illston • Claudia Wilken • Edward Chen • Jeffrey White • Edward J. Davila • William Orrick III • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Kandis Westmore • Laurel Beeler • Nathanael Cousins • Donna Ryu • Sallie Kim • Susan van Keulen • Thomas Hixson • Alex Tse • Robert Illman • Virginia DeMarchi • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Dal Lemmon • Oliver Hamlin • Cecil Poole • Ogden Hoffman • William Morrow • John Jefferson DeHaven • William Cary Van Fleet • Maurice Timothy Dooling • John Slater Partridge • Vaughn Walker • Jeremy Fogel • Marilyn Patel • James Ware • Ronald Whyte • Frank Henry Kerrigan • Harold Louderback • Adolphus Frederic St. Sure • Michael Roche (California) • Sherrill Halbert • Thomas MacBride • Martin Welsh • Robert Aguilar (California federal judge) • Oliver Carter • Barbara Caulfield • Herbert Erskine • Monroe Friedman • Louis Goodman • George Harris (California) • William Ingram (California) • Charles Legge • Gerald Levin • Eugene Lynch • William Orrick Jr. • Robert Peckham • Charles Renfrew • Robert Schnacke • Fern Smith (California) • William Sweigert • John Vukasin • Stanley Weigel • Spencer Williams • Delwen Jensen • Samuel Conti • Patrica Trumbull • Albert Wollenberg • Alfonso Zirpoli • Lloyd Burke • Martin J. Jenkins • Lucy H. Koh (California) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Vaughn Walker • Thelton Henderson • Phyllis Hamilton • Marilyn Patel • James Ware • Michael Roche (California) • Oliver Carter • Louis Goodman • George Harris (California) • William Ingram (California) • Robert Peckham • | ||
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
