Pamela Rymer

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1 Early Life and Education
2 Legal Career
3 Federal Judicial Career
- 3.1 Central District of California
- 3.2 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
4 References

Pamela Ann Rymer is a Federal judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. She joined the court in 1989 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush.

Early Life and Education

Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Rymer graduated from Vassar with her Bachelor's degree in 1961 and later from Stanford Law with her J.D. degree in 1964. ^[1]

Legal Career

Rymer was the Director of Political Research and Analysis for the "Goldwater for President" Committee in 1964. Rymer was a private practice attorney in California from 1966 to 1983 and also served as a member and chairman of the State of California's California Post-Secondary Education Commission.^[1]

Federal Judicial Career

Central District of California

On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Pete Wilson, Rymer was nominated to the United States District Court for the Central District of California by Ronald Reagan on January 31, 1983 to a seat vacated by William P. Gray. Rymer was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 23, 1983, and received commission on February 24, 1983.^[1]

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Pete Wilson, Rymer was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President George Bush on February 28, 1989 to a seat vacated by Anthony M. Kennedy as Kennedy was appointed to Associate Justice of the United States for the Supreme Court of the United States. Rymer was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 1989 on the unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on May 22, 1989. ^[2]

References

	v • d • e Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Kozinski • Bea • Berzon • Bybee • Callahan • Clifton • Fisher • Fletcher • Gould • Graber • Hawkins • Ikuta • Kleinfeld • McKeown • O`Scannlain • Paez • Pregerson • Rawlinson • Reinhardt • Rymer • Schroeder • Silverman • M. Smith • R. Smith • Tallman • Thomas • Wardlaw • Vacancy • Vacancy • Vacancy
Senior judges	Alarcon • Beezer • Boochever • Browning • Canby • Farris • Fernandez • Fletcher • Goodwin • Hall • Hug • Leavy • D. Nelson • T. Nelson • Noonan • Skopil • Tashima • Thompson • Trott • Wallace
Former judges	Anderson • Barnes • Bone • Brunetti • Carter • Chambers • Choy • Denman • Dietrich • Duniway • Ely • Fee • Ferguson • Garrecht • Gilbert • Hamley • Hamlin • Haney • Healy • Hufstedler • Hunt • Jertberg • Kennedy • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Lemmon • Mathews • McCamant • McKenna • Merrill • Morrow • Norris • Orr • Poole • Pope • Ross • Rudkin • Sawtelle • Sawyer • Sneed • Stephens • Tang • Trask • Wiggins • Wilbur • Wright

	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Active judges	Collins • Anderson • Carney • Carter • Fairbank • Feess • Fischer • Gee • Guilford • Gutierrez • King • Klausner • Matz • Morrow • Nguyen • Otero • Phillips • Pregerson • Selna • Snyder • Timlin • Walter • Wright • Wu • Vacancy • Vacancy • Vacancy
Senior judges	Hatter • Kelleher • Keller • Letts • Lew • Marshall • Pfaelzer • Real • Stotler • Takasugi • Wilson
Magistrate judges	Hillman • Abrams • Block • Chapman • Chooljian • Eick • Federman • Goldman • Kenton • Mumm • Nagle • Nakazato • Olguin • Parada • Rosenberg • Segal • Turchin • Walsh • Wistrich • Woehrle • Zarefsky
Former judges	Baird • Bonner • Byrne Jr. • Byrne Sr. • Carr • Clarke • Crary • Curtis • Davies • Ferguson • Fernandez • Firth • Gadbois • Gray • C. Hall • P. Hall • Hauk • Hill • Hupp • Ideman • Kenyon • Larson • Lucas • Lum • Lydick • Manella • McLaughlin • Moreno • Paez • Pregerson • Rafeedie • Rea • Rymer • Schiavelli • Stephens • Tashima • Taylor • Tevrizian • Wardlaw • Waters • Whelan • Williams • Yankwich

	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by George H.W. Bush
1989	Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright
1990	Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson
1991	Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn
1992	Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams

	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by Ronald Reagan
1981	Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter
1982	Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford
1983	Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods
1984	Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson
1985	Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch
1986	Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff
1987	Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel
1988	Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly