Robert Everett Coyle (May 6, 1930 – May 7, 2012) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Robert Everett Coyle
California Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Born 1930 in Fresno, CA
Died 2012 in Fresno, CA
FJC ID: 529
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 19/year
California Eastern District Court · 1982–2012
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Fresno, California1958–1982
- Fresno County, CaliforniaDeputy district attorney · 1956–1958
Appointments
1982–2012 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco)J.D. · 1956
- Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno)A.B. · 1953