Walter Lyndon Pope (January 26, 1889 – March 27, 1969) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
[1] Pope was nominated by President Harry S. Truman on February 14, 1949, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Francis Arthur Garrecht.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1949, and received his commission on March 1, 1949.
He served as Chief Judge from February 1, 1959 to August 6, 1959, and a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States in 1959.
[1][3][4] His service terminated on March 27, 1969, due to his death in a hospital in San Mateo, California.