Robert Timlin
{{Short description|American judge}}
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| name = Robert James Timlin
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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
| term_start = February 1, 2005
| term_end = January 17, 2017
| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
| term_start1 = September 15, 1994
| term_end1 = February 1, 2005
| appointer1 = Bill Clinton
| predecessor1 = Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089
| successor1 = Stephen G. Larson
| office2 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
| term_start2 = 1971
| term_end2 = 1975
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| birth_name = Robert James Timlin
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|07|26}}
| birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.
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| death_place = {{nowrap|Santa Barbara, California, U.S.}}
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Robert James Timlin (July 26, 1932 – January 17, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Education
Timlin earned his Artium Baccalaureus degree from Georgetown University in 1954, his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1959, and his Master of Laws from Georgetown University Law Center in 1964.
Career
Timlin was in the United States Army as a Private, First Class from 1955 to 1957. He was later a law clerk and attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from 1959 to 1960 and entered private practive from 1960 to 1961. Timlin then became a Trial Attorney at the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1961 to 1964.{{Cite web |title=Robert J. Timlin |url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/timlin-robert-j |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Federal Judicial Center}}
From 1964 to 1966, Timlin served as Assistant United States Attorney of the Central District of California. On leaving that role, he was in private practice for one year until he became the City Attorney of Corona, California, a position he held from 1967 to 1970.
In 1970, Timlin was a teacher at Chaffey Union Jr. College in California. He reentered private practice in California from 1971 to 1976. Timlin then served as a judge in the Municipal Court, Corona Judicial District from 1976 to 1980. From 1980 to 1990 He was a judge in the Riverside County Superior Court. He was then appointed as an Associate Justice of the 4th District Court of Appeal in California by Governor George Deukmejian, a role he served in from 1990 to 1994.{{cite web |title=Robert James Timlin-California Appellate Legacy Project |url=http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/Timlin_Robert_J_Biography.pdf |publisher=}}
Federal judicial service
Timlin was nominated by President of the United States Bill Clinton on April 26, 1994, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 14, 1994, and received his commission on September 15, 1994. Timlin assumed senior status on February 1, 2005, and remained in that status until his death on January 17, 2017.[http://www.pe.com/articles/timlin-823484-judge-court.html Richard K. DeAtley. "Robert J. Timlin, Inland's first federal judge, dies at age 84"] The Press Enterprise, January 17, 2017
Published works
- "Pitchess Motions Revisited", California Judicial Education and Research Journal, Spring, 1981
- Water Softeners Discharge, National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, January, 1973
Notable cases
- Buono v. Norton, 212 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (C.D. Cal. 2002), aff'd 371 F.3d 543 (9th Cir. 2004), on remand 364 F. Supp. 2d 1175 (C.D. Cal. 2005), aff'd sub nom. Buono v. Kempthorne, 527 F.3d 758 (9th Cir. 2008), cert. granted sub nom. Salazar v. Buono, 129 S. Ct. 1313 (U.S. 2009)
References
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External links
- {{FJC Bio|nid=1388826}}
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Category:Assistant United States attorneys
Category:California state court judges
Category:Lawyers from Buffalo, New York
Category:Georgetown University alumni
Category:Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Category:Judges of the California Courts of Appeal
Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Category:Superior court judges in the United States
Category:United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
Category:United States magistrate judges