1. Thurmond Clarke was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
10 Facts About Thurmond Clarke
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Thurmond Clarke was a deputy district attorney of Los Angeles County, California from 1927 to 1929, and then a deputy city attorney of the City of Los Angeles from 1929 to 1932.
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Thurmond Clarke was a Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court from 1932 to 1935, appointed by Governor James Rolph and was elevated to the Superior Court of Los Angeles County by Governor Frank Merriam, serving in that position from 1935 to 1955.
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In December 1945, Judge Thurmond Clarke dismissed the suit of eight white property owners who tried to force fifty African-American occupants from the West Adams area in Los Angeles.
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Thurmond Clarke was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1,1955, and received his commission on August 3,1955.
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Thurmond Clarke was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18,1966, to a new seat authorized by 80 Stat.
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Thurmond Clarke served as Chief Judge from 1966 to 1970.
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Thurmond Clarke's sentencing practices were criticized as unorthodox and lenient by other judges, such as his predecessor Chief Judge Peirson Hall.
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Thurmond Clarke was the son of Judge Robert M Clarke.
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Thurmond Clarke was father to Frances and stepfather to Joan Irvine Smith.