Michael Anthony Telesca

{{Short description|American judge (1929–2020)}}

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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York

| term_start = May 3, 1996

| term_end = March 5, 2020

| office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York

| term_start1 = 1989

| term_end1 = 1995

| predecessor1 = John Thomas Curtin

| successor1 = David G. Larimer

| office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York

| term_start2 = April 21, 1982

| term_end2 = May 3, 1996

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| appointer2 = Ronald Reagan

| predecessor2 = Harold P. Burke

| successor2 = Charles J. Siragusa

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|11|25}}{{cite book|title = Confirmation of Federal Judges: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session on the Selection and Confirmation of Federal Judges ...|publisher = United States Government Publishing Office|year = 1982|location = Washington, D.C.|page = 162|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mgjVmEnBtR8C&dq=Michael+A.+Telesca+November+25&pg=PA162}}

| birth_place = Rochester, New York, U.S.

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| education = University of Rochester (B.A.)
University of Buffalo Law School (LL.B.)

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Michael Anthony Telesca (November 25, 1929 – March 5, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York from 1982 to 2020 and its Chief Judge from 1989 to 1995.