David Alan Ezra

David Alan Ezra
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii[Note 1]
Assumed office
June 27, 2012
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
In office
1999–2005
Preceded byAlan Cooke Kay
Succeeded byHelen W. Gillmor
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
In office
May 20, 1988 – June 27, 2012
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded bySamuel Pailthorpe King
Succeeded byDerrick Watson
Personal details
Born (1947-06-27) June 27, 1947 (age 77)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
EducationSt. Mary's University (BBA, JD)

David Alan Ezra (born June 27, 1947)[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Since January 2013, Ezra has been designated by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio and Austin Divisions to help ease the heavy workload for the federal judges in Texas. Judge Ezra is often designated to sit on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit where he holds the record for the most designated sittings of any judge in that Court’s history.[2]


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  1. ^ Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, Part 7. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1989. p. 222.
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