Terrence Boyle

Terrence Boyle
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
In office
October 8, 2018 – January 1, 2021
Preceded byJames C. Dever III
Succeeded byRichard E. Myers II
In office
1997–2004
Preceded byJames Carroll Fox
Succeeded byLouise W. Flanagan
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Assumed office
May 3, 1984
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byFranklin Taylor Dupree Jr.
Personal details
BornTerrence William Boyle
(1945-12-22) December 22, 1945
EducationBrown University (BA)
American University (JD)
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Terrence William Boyle (born December 22, 1945) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He was chief judge of that court from 1997 to 2004. He served a second term as chief judge from 2018 to 2021. From 1991 to 1993 and again from 2001 to 2007, he was a nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. His federal appellate nomination from 2001 to 2007 is the longest in history not to be acted upon by the United States Senate.