Richard Tallman

Richard C. Tallman (born March 3, 1953) is a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Background

Tallman received his Bachelors degree from the University of Santa Clara and his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law, where he served as the executive director of the law review. After serving as a law clerk for Judge Morell E. Sharp of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Tallman worked as a trial lawyer for the Department of Justice and as an assistant United States Attorney in Seattle, Washington. From 1983 until his appointment to the Ninth Circuit in 2000, Tallman was an attorney in private practice in Seattle, including as chairman of the white-collar criminal defense practice group at the former Bogle and Gates law firm between 1990 and 1999.

Federal Service

Tallman was nominated by President Bill Clinton on October 20, 1999 and was confirmed by a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on May 24, 2000.

Tallman is on the record as supporting a split of the Ninth Circuit due to the backlog of cases.

Notable Opinions

[http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/3ACBF828ECC89F95882574AC007D8A73/$file/0517080.pdf?openelement "Bull v. City and County of San Francisco"] , August 23, 2008. Tallman dissented on the issue of whether San Francisco jails could strip search those detained for minor, non-violent offenses: "When people are dying as a result of our errant jurisprudence, it is time to correct the course of our law."

External links

* [http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/Web/OCELibra.nsf/eb93ae8ffb1fcb7488256394006a5c7e/a1f4489184689ba2882568f20002080f?OpenDocument Media release on Judge Tallman's appointment to the Ninth Circuit]
* [http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2003/10/21/news/local/news04.txt News story] about Judge Tallman