Thomas G. Nelson, American federal judge, died from complications from declining health he was , 74.

Thomas G. Nelson was a United States federal judge died from complications from declining health he was , 74.

(November 14, 1936 – May 4, 2011)

Nelson was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho.^[1] He received an LL.B. from University of Idaho College of Law in 1962.^[1] He served as Assistant state attorney general and chief deputy state attorney general of Idaho Office of the State Attorney General, from 1963 to 1965.^[1] He was in the United States Army Reserve from 1965 to 1968 and was in private practice of law in Twin Falls, Idaho from 1965 to 1990.^[1]
Nelson was a federal judge to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Nelson was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on July 18, 1990, to a seat vacated by J. Blaine Anderson.^[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 12, 1990, and received his commission on October 17, 1990.^[1] He assumed senior status on November 14, 2003.^[1] He remained on the court as a senior judge until December 2009, when he retired from hearing cases. He died May 4, 2011.^[1][2]

 

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