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Robert John Colville (born 1965) is a Pennsylvania Judge and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Biography

Colville grew up on the North Side of Pittsburgh and was the middle of three children of Robert E. and Janet Colville. Colville received a Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania State University in 1989 and his Juris Doctor from Duquesne University School of Law in 1992. He began his legal career by serving as a law clerk from 1992 to 1994 to the Honorable Ralph J. Cappy, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He worked as an associate at the law firm of Pietragallo Bosick & Gordon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1994 to 1999. Colville has served as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas for Allegheny County since 2000, where he currently presides over civil matters. Since 2012, he has also served as a judge on the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline.^[1]

Failed nomination to district court under Obama

On July 30, 2015, President Obama nominated Colville to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, to the seat vacated due to the death of Judge Gary L. Lancaster, on April 24, 2013.^[2] He received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 9, 2015.^[3] His nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.

Renomination to district court under Trump

On March 1, 2019 President Trump announced his intent to nominate Colville to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.^[4] On March 5, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Colville to the seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Arthur J. Schwab, who took senior status on January 1, 2018.^[5] His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

References

1. ^[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/30/president-obama-nominates-seven-serve-united-states-district-courts "President Obama Nominates Seven to Serve on the United States District Courts" White House, July 30, 2015]
2. ^[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/30/presidential-nominations-sent-senate "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, July 30, 2015]
3. ^United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for December 9, 2015
4. ^[https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-united-states-attorney-nominee-united-states-marshal-nominees/ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees, a United States Attorney Nominee, and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, March 1, 2019] {{PD-notice}}
5. ^[https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/ten-nominations-one-withdrawal-sent-senate/ "Ten Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate", White House, March 5, 2019]

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