Robert L. Meyer (September 12, 1923[1] - November 14, 1972) was an American attorney, best known as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Central District of California from May 1970 to January 1972, when he was forced to resign for pursuing matters which the Nixon administration did not like.
Meyer was born in Los Angeles, and obtained a law degree from the University of Southern California and was admitted to the bar in 1949.
One factor in his leaving was his refusal to sign off on the prosecution of Daniel Ellsberg, who had released the Pentagon Papers.
Some unnamed sources claimed that he lacked experience in litigation and was abrasive,[9][10][11][12] but others strongly disagreed with these alleged complaints.
Meyer had gained great disfavor with Republicans for prosecuting Los Angeles police officers, including for a botched raid in 1970 that led to the deaths of undocumented Mexicans, although that prosecution ended in an acquittal.