[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 9, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S2416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mrs. BOXER:
  S. 2080. A bill to designate a United States courthouse to be 
constructed in Fresno, California, as the ``Robert E. Coyle United 
States Courthouse''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I am pleased to introduce legislation to 
name the Federal courthouse building to be constructed at Tulare and 
``O'' Streets in downtown Fresno, CA the ``Robert E. Coyle United 
States Courthouse.''
  It is fitting that the Federal courthouse in Fresno be named for 
Senior U.S. District Judge Robert E. Coyle, who is greatly respected 
and admired for his work as a judge and for his foresight and 
persistence which contributed so much to the Fresno Courthouse project. 
Since prior to 1994, Judge Coyle has been a leader in the effort to 
build a new courthouse in Fresno. In the course of his work, Judge 
Coyle, working with the Clerk of the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District, conceived and founded a program called ``Managing 
a Capitol Construction Program'' to help others understand the process 
of having a courthouse built. This Eastern District program was so well 
received by national court administrators that it is now a nationwide 
program run by Judge Coyle. In addition to meeting the needs of the 
court for additional space, the courthouse project has become a key 
element in the downtown revitalization of Fresno. Judge Coyle's 
efforts, and those in the community with whom he worked, produced a 
major milestone when the groundbreaking for the new courthouse took 
place earlier this month.
  Judge Coyle has had a distinguished career as an attorney and on the 
bench. Appointed to California's Eastern District bench by President 
Ronald Reagan in 1982, Judge Coyle has served as a judge for the 
Eastern District for 20 years, including 6 years as senior judge. Judge 
Coyle earned his law degree from University of California, Hastings 
College of the Law in 1956. He then worked for Fresno County as a 
Deputy District Attorney before going into private practice in 1958 
with McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Coyle & Wayte, where he remained 
until his appointment by President Reagan. He is very active in the 
community and has served in many judicial leadership positions, 
including: Chair, Space and Security Committee; Chair, Conference of 
the Chief District Judges of the Ninth Circuit; President of the Ninth 
Circuit District Judges Association; Member of the Board of Governors 
of the State Bar of California and President of the Fresno County Bar. 
My hope is that, in addition to serving the people of the Eastern 
District as a courthouse, this building will stand as a reminder to the 
community and people of California of the dedicated work of Judge 
Robert E. Coyle.
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