{{Short description|American judge (1930–2011)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = David Renwick Thompson | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | term_start = December 31, 1998 | term_end = February 19, 2011 | office1 = Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | term_start1 = December 17, 1985 | term_end1 = December 31, 1998 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = Ronald Reagan | predecessor1 = ''Seat established by 98 Stat. 333'' | successor1 = Raymond C. Fisher | pronunciation = | birth_name = David Renwick Thompson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|12|26}} | birth_place = San Diego, California | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|02|19|1930|12|26}} | death_place = San Francisco, California | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = University of Southern California (BS, LLB) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }} '''David Renwick Thompson''' (December 26, 1930 – February 19, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
==Education and career== Thompson was born in San Diego, California and graduated from Point Loma High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business from University of Southern California in 1952 and a Bachelor of Laws from University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 1955. He passed the State Bar of California in 1955. He was in the United States Navy from 1955 to 1957.{{which|reason=Specify if he was enlisted or an officer in Navy|date=February 2022}} He was in private practice of law in San Diego from 1957 to 1985.<ref name=fjc.gov>{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/thompson-david-r.|title=Thompson, David R. - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}</ref>
==Federal judicial service== On October 7, 1985, Thompson was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and received commission on December 17, 1985. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1998, serving in that status until his death.<ref name=fjc.gov/>
==Death== Thompson died on February 19, 2011, after a sudden illness.<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Carol J. |title=David R. Thompson dies at 80; Reagan appointee to 9th Circuit |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-judge-david-thompson-20110223,0,3927680.story |accessdate=February 23, 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=February 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=David |first=Madden |title=Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Death of Senior Judge David R. Thompson |url=http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/absolutenm/articlefiles/302-Ninth_Circuit_Thompson_Obituary2.pdf |publisher=Public Information Office, United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit |accessdate=February 23, 2011 |date=February 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228024011/http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/absolutenm/articlefiles/302-Ninth_Circuit_Thompson_Obituary2.pdf |archive-date=December 28, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Thompson had traveled to San Francisco to hear oral arguments in several cases. He died at the city's St. Mary's Medical Center.
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==Sources== *{{FJC Bio|2374|nid=1388746|name=David R. Thompson<!--(1930–2011)-->}}
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