David Nye (judge)

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = David Nye

| image = Judge David Nye official photo.jpg

| image_size = 210

| caption = Nye in September 2017

| office = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho

| term_start = January 2, 2019

| term_end =

| predecessor = B. Lynn Winmill

| successor =

| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho

| appointer1 = Donald Trump

| term_start1 = July 12, 2017

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Edward Lodge

| successor1 =

| office2 = Judge of the Sixth District Court of Idaho

| appointer2 = Butch Otter

| term_start2 = June 6, 2007

| term_end2 = July 12, 2017

| predecessor2 = N. Randy Smith

| successor2 = Rick Carnaroli

| birth_name = David Charles Nye

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|10|10}}

| birth_place = Lynwood, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education = Brigham Young University (BA, JD)

| party =

}}

David Charles Nye (born October 10, 1958) is an American lawyer and jurist who is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. He was a state court judge for Idaho's Sixth District Court from 2007 to 2017, and before that spent twenty years in private practice in Idaho.

Early life and education

Nye was born in 1958 in Lynwood, California.{{cite web|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Nye%20SJQ.pdf|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=June 15, 2017}} He graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature. He worked for Swire's Coca-Cola bottling plant in Salt Lake City, then attended BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School, graduating in 1986 with a Juris Doctor degree.

Career

Nye began his legal career in 1986 in Burley, Idaho as a law clerk to Judge George G. Granata of the state's Fifth District Court. The following year, he joined the law firm of Merrill & Merrill in Pocatello as an associate.{{cite news |url=https://idahostatejournal.com/members/pocatello-s-merrill-merrill-a-notable-starting-point-for-idaho/article_eefbddda-fedc-56d1-910b-9faa0ef78fea.html |work=Idaho State Journal |location=(Pocatello) |title=Pocatello's Merrill & Merrill a notable starting point for Idaho judges |last=McFarland |first=Cydney |date=April 7, 2016 |access-date=June 6, 2018}} He became a partner in 1989, specialized in medical malpractice and insurance law, and stayed with the firm until 2007.

In 2007, Nye became a judge in the Sixth Judicial District and presided over civil and criminal matters for ten years.{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/05/president-obama-nominates-judge-david-c-nye-serve-united-states-district|work=whitehouse.gov|title=President Obama Nominates Judge David C. Nye to Serve on the United States District Court for the District of Idaho|via=National Archives|date=April 5, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.martindale.com/Hon-David-Charles-Nye/899593-lawyer.htm|title=Hon. David Charles Nye Judge Profile on Martindale.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/editorials/article120244253.html |work=Idaho Statesman |location=(Boise)|agency=(editorial)|title=While gridlock grinds in Washington, justice suffers in Idaho |date=December 11, 2016|access-date=June 6, 2018}}

Federal judicial service

= Expired nomination under Obama =

On the recommendation of U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, President Barack Obama nominated Nye on April 5, 2016, to serve as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/05/presidential-nomination-sent-senate|work=whitehouse.gov|title=Presidential Nomination Sent to the Senate|via=National Archives|date=April 5, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=71AE0CF1-611A-438B-86B1-CD8F0CFEAC00 |title=Crapo, Risch Statement on Federal Judge Nominee}} Nye was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Edward Lodge, who assumed senior status on July 3, 2015.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination on June 21, 2016,{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/06/21/2016/nominations|title=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|date=June 21, 2016 }} and his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote on July 14.{{cite web |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%20-%2007-14-16.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 14, 2016, Senate Judiciary Committee}} The nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.

Shortly after the 2016 election, Senators Crapo and Risch indicated that if Nye was not confirmed by year's end, they would recommend him to incoming President Donald Trump for renomination in the 115th Congress.{{cite web |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/nov/14/crapo-risch-standing-by-judge-nye-nomination-hopin/ |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Russell |first=Betsy Z.|title=Crapo, Risch standing by Judge Nye nomination, hoping for Senate vote soon |date=November 14, 2016|access-date=June 6, 2018}}

= Renomination under Trump =

On April 27, 2017, Senators Crapo and Risch indicated that President Trump would renominate Nye to the same seat,{{cite web |url=http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2017/apr/27/white-house-agrees-re-nominate-judge-nye-long-vacant-idaho-federal-judgeship/|title=White House agrees to re-nominate Judge Nye for long-vacant Idaho federal judgeship}} and his renomination was announced on May 8, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/08/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-candidate-nominations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509012131/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/08/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-candidate-nominations|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 9, 2017|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations|date=May 8, 2017|publisher=The White House}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/us/politics/trump-lower-court-nominees-conservatives.html|title=Trump to Announce Slate of Conservative Federal Court Nominees|first=Adam|last=Liptak|work=The New York Times |date=May 7, 2017|via=NYTimes.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/08/nine-nominations-sent-senate-today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515081524/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/08/nine-nominations-sent-senate-today|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2017|title=Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today|date=May 8, 2017|publisher=The White House}} Nye was unanimously rated as "well qualified" by the American Bar Association, as he had been from his previous nomination in 2016.{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Shelbie |title=David C. Nye joins the federal bench |url=https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/david-c-nye-joins-the-federal-bench/article_b9ac635b-991b-5b21-9e4d-3643eca3ed98.html |access-date=26 April 2019 |publisher=Idaho State Journal |date=October 17, 2017}} On June 15, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.{{cite web |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%2006-15-17.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 15, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee}} On July 10, 2017, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 97–0 vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00157|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: David C. Nye to be United States District Judge)|website=United States Senate}} On July 12, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by a 100–0 vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00158|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation David C. Nye, of Idaho, to be U.S. District Judge)|website=United States Senate}} Nye received his commission the same day.{{FJC Bio|nid=3015971|inline=yes}} He was sworn in on August 1, 2017 in a private ceremony.{{cite news|url=http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2017/aug/01/new-judge-nye-sworn-today-going-right-work/|work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Russell |first=Betsy Z. |title=New Judge Nye sworn in today, going right to work |date=August 1, 2017|access-date=June 6, 2018}} He became chief judge on January 2, 2019, succeeding B. Lynn Winmill.[https://www.id.uscourts.gov/Content_Fetcher/index.cfml/New_Chief_Judges_Appointed_3154.pdf?Content_ID=3154 "Chief Judges to step down as the chiefs after a combined 33 years of service", United States District Court for the District of Idaho, December 21, 2018]

References

External links

{{FJC Bio|nid=3015971}}
[https://www.id.uscourts.gov/district/judges/nye/General_Information.cfm Biography at District of Idaho]
{{Ballotpedia|David_C._Nye|David C. Nye}}

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