The State - News from Oct. 8, 1985

David R. Thompson, a San Diego lawyer who describes himself as a believer in judicial restraint, was nominated by President Reagan to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Thompson, 54, a graduate of USC Law School, practices business law. Administration officials have declared that Reagan intends to balance widely perceived liberal tendencies on the 9th Circuit bench by nominating conservatives to five new judgeships created last year. San Diego area lawyers said that Thompson, a Republican, could be expected to provide such balance. They added that he is not perceived as stridently conservative. Thompson declined to discuss his legal and political philosophy until after Senate confirmation hearings.