| 词条 | William Matthew Byrne Jr. |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = William Matthew Byrne Jr. | honorific-suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | term_start = February 28, 1998 | term_end = January 12, 2006 | office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | term_start1 = 1994 | term_end1 = 1998 | predecessor1 = Manuel Real | successor1 = Terry J. Hatter Jr. | office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | term_start2 = May 20, 1971 | term_end2 = February 28, 1998 | nominator2 = | appointer2 = Richard Nixon | predecessor2 = Seat established by 84 Stat. 294 | successor2 = Virginia A. Phillips | pronunciation = | birth_name = William Matthew Byrne Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|09|03}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|01|12|1930|09|03}} | death_place = Los Feliz, California | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = | otherparty = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = University of Southern California {{midsize|(B.S.)}} {{nowrap|USC Gould School of Law {{midsize|(LL.B.)}}}} | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} William Matthew Byrne Jr. (September 3, 1930 – January 14, 2006) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Education and careerBorn in Los Angeles, California, Byrne received a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Southern California in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws from USC Gould School of Law in 1956. He clerked for Judge Peirson Mitchell Hall of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, and enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1956 where he spent two years in the JAG Corps. He then went to work as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1958 to 1960, and was in private practice in Los Angeles for the next seven years. President Lyndon B. Johnson named him United States Attorney for the Central District of California in 1967, and in 1970, was chosen by Richard Nixon as executive director of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest. He was also an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School.[1] Federal judicial serviceOn April 21, 1971, President Richard Nixon nominated Byrne to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California created by 84 Stat. 294. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 20, and received his commission the same day. Byrne served as Chief Judge from 1994 to 1998. He assumed senior status on February 28, 1998.[1] His service terminated on January 12, 2006, due to his death in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California.[2] Pentagon Papers trialByrne was assigned the Pentagon Papers case the same year he arrived on the bench.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} In the midst of the trial, several twists served to destroy the government's case.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} The first revelation came on April 26, 1973, when the government prosecutor disclosed that White House operatives had burgled the Beverly Hills office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} The burglars, led by G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, were not apprehended until after they burgled the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington nine months later.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} Days after the disclosure, Richard Nixon's two top lieutenants, John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman, resigned, and White House counsel John Dean was fired.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} A few days later, Byrne disclosed in court that Ehrlichman had offered him the position of FBI director.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} On May 9, Byrne learned of yet another illegality: the FBI had secretly taped phone conversations between Ellsberg and Morton Halperin, who had supervised the Pentagon Papers study.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} Finally, when the government claimed it had lost all records of the wiretapping, Byrne declared a mistrial on May 11, 1973.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} It was later learned that while Byrne was presiding over the pending Ellsberg trial that John D. Ehrlichman met with Byrne to discuss the judge becoming director of the FBI.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} Byrne met with Ehrlichman at the Western White House to talk about this possible appointment.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} According to Ehrlichman's later testimony Byrne was eager for the appointment.[3] Neither Byrne nor Ehrlichman revealed this discussion about the FBI directorship to the litigants in the Ellsberg case until his visit was discovered by the press.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} Ultimately, Byrne was not nominated as director of the FBI.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} See also
References1. ^1 {{FJC Bio|341|nid=1378671|name=William Matthew Byrne Jr.}} 2. ^William Matthew Byrne Jr., 75; U.S. Judge Presided Over Trial of Pentagon Papers' Daniel Ellsberg, Los Angeles Times, by Elaine Woo, Times Staff Writer, Retrieved 13 June 2011, http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jan/14/local/me-byrne14 3. ^July 25, 1973 transcript of testimony by John D. Ehrlichman before the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities Sources
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