Boyle, Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Born 1937 in Detroit, MI Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan Nominated by Jimmy Carter on July 25, 1978, to a seat vacated by Damon Jerome Keith. Confirmed by the Senate on September 22, 1978, and received commission on September 23, 1978. Service terminated on April 20, 1983, due to resignation. Education: Wayne State University, B.A. & J.D., 1963 Professional Career: Law clerk, Kenneth Davies, Esq., Detroit, Michigan, 1963-1964 Law clerk, Hon. Thaddeus Machrowicz, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1964-1965 Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1965-1970 Assistant prosecutor, Wayne County, Michigan, 1970-1976 Judge, Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit [Michigan], 1976-1978 Associate justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1983-1998 Oral History