Lynn Winmill
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Lynn Winmill
United States District Court for the District of Idaho (senior status)
Tenure
2021 - Present
Years in position
3
Prior offices
United States District Court for the District of Idaho
Education
Personal
Barry Lynn Winmill is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. He joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). He served as chief judge of the district court from 1999 to 2019. Winmill assumed senior status on August 16, 2021.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Blackfoot, Idaho, Winmill graduated from Idaho State University with his bachelor's degree in 1974 and from Harvard Law School with his J.D. in 1977.[2]
Professional career
- 1995 - 2021: Judge, United States District Court for the District of Idaho
- 1999-2019: Chief judge
- 1991-1995: Adjunct professor, Idaho State University
- 1987-1995: Judge, Sixth Judicial District Court of Idaho
- 1979-1987: Private practice, Pocatello, Idaho
- 1977-1979: Private practice, Denver, Colo.[2]
Judicial career
District of Idaho
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: B. Lynn Winmill |
| Court: United States District Court for the District of Idaho |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 79 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: May 24, 1995
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: July 18, 1995
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| Reported: July 28, 1995
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| Confirmed: August 11, 1995
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Winmill was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 24, 1995, to a seat vacated by Judge Harold Ryan. The American Bar Association rated Winmill Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Winmill's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 18, 1995, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on July 28, 1995. Winmill was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on July 28, 1995, and he received his commission on August 14, 1995. Winmill served as the chief judge of the district court from 1999 to 2019.[2][3][4]
Noteworthy cases
On June 6, 2020, Reclaim Idaho, the campaign sponsoring the Income Tax Increases for Education Funding Initiative, filed a lawsuit against Governor Brad Little (R) arguing that the restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus made it impossible for the campaign to collect signatures, and therefore the state violated the petitioners' First Amendment rights. On June 23, 2020, United States District Court Judge Lynn Winmill ruled that Idaho officials must do one of two things: (a) allow the campaign to gather signatures electronically or (b) place the ballot initiative on the November ballot themselves. Judge Winmill concluded that the state restrictions in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus infringed on petitioners' First Amendment rights to place an initiative on the ballot. The judge gave state officials until Friday, June 26, to decide how the state would proceed. Governor Brad Little (R) and Secretary of State Lawerence Denney (R) responded to the ruling in a statement saying, "This decision is a surprising exercise of judicial activism. We plan to appeal this decision immediately.”[5]
Idaho Income Tax Increases for Education Funding Initiative (2020)
Federal judge Lynn Winmill of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho ordered Idaho's Department of Health and Welfare and its Division of Medicaid to reevaluate its reimbursement rates for caregivers after a lawsuit from five corporations alleged that the state had failed to properly reimburse the groups at current rates. The judge wrote in his ruling, "The law is clear that budgetary concerns cannot form the sole basis for reimbursement rates." The rates were originally established in 2006 and no longer covered the costs of the services provided, the corporations argued.[6]
Idaho State Medicaid Reimbursement (2011)
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Idaho
- United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Post Register, "Eye on Boise: Judge Winmill to take senior status in August," January 25, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Winmill, B. Lynn," accessed August 16, 2021
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 412 — B. Lynn Winmill — The Judiciary," accessed May 30, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed May 30, 2017
- ↑ Boise Public Radio, "Judge To Idaho: Put Education Funding Initiative On The Ballot Or OK Online Signatures," June 23, 2020
- ↑ Boise Weekly, "Judge Orders Idaho Health and Welfare to Improve Rates for Medicaid Providers," December 13, 2011
- ↑ Associated Press, "Federal judge shutters Idaho Grazing allotment," October 20, 2009
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| Preceded by: Harold Ryan |
District of Idaho 1995–2021 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: TBD |
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