David Nye (judge)

David Nye
Nye in September 2017
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho
In office
January 2, 2019 – January 2, 2026
Preceded byB. Lynn Winmill
Succeeded byAmanda Brailsford
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho
Assumed office
July 12, 2017
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byEdward Lodge
Personal details
BornDavid Charles Nye
(1958-10-10) October 10, 1958
EducationBrigham Young University (BA, JD)

David Charles Nye (born October 10, 1958) is an American lawyer and jurist who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. He was a state court judge for Idaho's Sixth District Court from 2007 to 2017, and before that spent twenty years in private practice in Idaho.