[SmithL]

Wanger, Oliver Winston

Born 1940 in Los Angeles, CA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Nominated by George H.W. Bush on January 8, 1991, to a seat vacated by Milton Lewis Schwartz; Confirmed by the Senate on March 21, 1991, and received commission on March 25, 1991. Assumed senior status on May 31, 2006.

Education:
University of Southern California, B.S., 1963
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, LL.B., 1966

Professional Career:
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Sergeant, 1960-1967
Deputy district attorney, Fresno County, 1967-1969
Adjunct professor, Humphrey College of Law, 1968-1969
Private practice, Fresno, California, 1969-1991
Adjunct professor, San Joaquin College of Law, Fresno, California, 1970-1991
Dean of the law school, 1980-1983
City attorney, City of Mendota, California, 1975-1980
Temporary judge, Superior Court of California, County of Fresno, 1988
Pro tem settlement conference judge, Superior Court of California, County of Fresno, 1989

[Grey Eagle]

A Judge that has some common sense. Liberal Judges and environmental wackos have destroyed the water sources to the Central Valley, that is considered the US “foodbasket”. Many of the farms there have been destroyed over a little bait fish that was supposed to be endangered. (It wasn’t) I am glad this Judge reminds that people are important too.