Procter Hug
Procter Ralph Hug, Jr. was a federal judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. He joined the court in 1977 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter. From 1996 to 2000, Judge Hug served as chief judge for the Ninth Circuit. He assumed senior status on January 1, 2002. He retired on November 30, 2017.[1]
Hug died on October 17, 2019.[1]
Early life and education
Hug was born in Reno, Nevada. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada-Reno in 1953. He earned an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1958.[1]
Military career
Hug served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1955. In 1977, he served as a civilian aide to the secretary of the U.S. Army.[1]
Professional career
- 1972-1976: General counsel, University of Nevada system
- 1972-1976: Deputy attorney general, Nevada
- 1958-1977: Private practice, Reno, Nev.[1][2]
Judicial career
Hug was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on August 29, 1977, to a seat vacated by Benjamin Cushing Duniway. Hug was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 15, 1977, and he received his commission the same day. Hug served as the chief judge of the Ninth Circuit from 1996 to 2000. He assumed senior status on January 1, 2002.[1] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Jay Bybee.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Federal Judicial Center, "Hug, Procter Ralph, Jr.," accessed April 13, 2021
- ↑ Golden Gate University Law Review (via Google), "Judges of the Ninth Circuit," September 28, 2010
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Benjamin Duniway |
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1977–2019 |
Succeeded by: Jay Bybee
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
