9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Career Highlights: U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1970-1972; law clerk, Hon. Stanley A. Weigel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1975-76; law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-77; professor of law, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1977-98; confirmed October 1998
Law School: Yale Law School, J.D., 1975
Career Highlights: U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1970-1972; law clerk, Hon. Stanley A. Weigel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1975-76; law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-77; professor of law, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1977-98; confirmed October 1998
Law School: Yale Law School, J.D., 1975
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher reads briefs all day, but he's also a fan of the tabloids.
"My law clerks know that I choose the long line at the grocery store so I can read the Enquirer," he said, smiling, in his San Francisco chambers, where a big red doorstop of a book sits on a coffee table. Its title: "The National Enquirer: Thirty Years of Unforgettable Images."
Fletcher's ... (continued)
