Richard Lowell Nygaard
{{Short description|American judge}}
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| office = Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
| term_start = July 9, 2005
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| term_start1 = October 17, 1988
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| successor1 = Thomas Hardiman
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| birth_place = Thief River Falls, Minnesota
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University of Michigan Law School (JD)
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Richard Lowell Nygaard (born July 9, 1940) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Education and career
Richard Lowell Nygaard was born in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, on July 9, 1940.{{cite book|title=Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments|date=1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LD8TAAAAIAAJ&q=%22richard+lowell+Nygaard%22+1940|access-date=29 January 2017}} He received a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude from the University of Southern California in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1971. He was a Petty Officer Second Class in the United States Naval Reserve from 1958 to 1964. He was in private practice in North East, Pennsylvania from 1972 to 1980. He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas, Sixth District of Pennsylvania, Erie, Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1988.{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/nygaard-richard-lowell|title=Nygaard, Richard Lowell - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}
Federal judicial service
Nygaard was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 25, 1988, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated when Judge Joseph F. Weis Jr. assumed senior status. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 14, 1988, and received his commission on October 17, 1988. He assumed senior status on July 9, 2005. In 2017, Judge Nygaard partially dissented when the majority granted qualified immunity to police officers who prevented bystanders from recording video of them.{{Bluebook journal |first=|last=Note| title=Recent Case: Third Circuit Holds Bystanders Have First Amendment Right to Record Police but Grants Qualified Immunity to Officers Involved | volume=131 | journal=Harv. L. Rev. | page=2049 | url=https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2049-2056_Online.pdf| year=2018}}
References
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Sources
- {{FJC Bio|1790|nid=1385861|name=Richard Lowell Nygaard}}
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Category:Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Category:United States court of appeals judges appointed by Ronald Reagan