Audrey Collins
| Audrey Collins | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #11 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 5/9/1994 - Present |
| Chief: | 2009 - 2012 |
| Preceded by: | Robert Bonner |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1945 |
| Home State: | Chester, PA |
| Undergraduate: | Howard U., B.A., 1967 |
| Law School: | U. of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, J.D., 1977 |
| Grad. School: | American U., M.A., 1969 |
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Audrey B. Collins is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. She became Chief Judge of the court in 2009 and served in that position until October 2012.[1][2]
Early life and education
Collins graduated from Howard University with her Bachelor's Degree in 1967, and later graduated from American University with her Master's Degree in 1969. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law with her Juris Doctorate degree in 1977.[1]
Professional career
Collins began her legal career as a Assistant attorney for the Legal Aid Foundation of Greater Los Angeles in 1977 before becoming Deputy district attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office from 1978 to 1994. While as an Deputy District Attorney, Collins served as the Head deputy of the Torrance Branch Office from 1987-1988 then later became the Assistant director of the Bureaus of Central and Special Operations from 1988 to 1992 before becoming the lead Assistant district attorney from 1992 to 1994. Collins also served as a Deputy general counsel for the Office of the Special Adviser to the Los Angeles Police Department Board of Commissioners in 1992. [1]
Judicial career
Central District of California
On the recommendation of U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstien and Barbara Boxer, Collins was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1994 to a seat vacated by Robert Bonner as Bonner resigned from active judicial service. Carter was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1994 on a majority voice vote and received commission on May 9, 1994[3]. [1]
Notable cases
Billboards lawsuit
| United States District Court for the Central District of California *World Wide Rush LLC et al v. Los Angeles City of et al 2:07-cv-00238-ABC -JWJ |
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| Judge Collins was the presiding judge in a highly charged lawsuit involving World Wide Rush LLC and the City of Los Angeles. The lawsuit claimed that the City of Los Angeles wrongfully refused permits to approve billboards in the city. The judge disallowed the lawsuit on the basis there was not enough evidence World Wide Rush could prove beyond a reasonable doubt.[4] |
Stance on judicial pay
In the fall of 2009, Judge Collins expressed concern that the federal courts were losing judges due to increased caseload and low wages. She pointed out that the Central District of California had lost eight judges since 1998, seven of whom resigned to take higher paying jobs. She urged the enactment of Senate Bill 1653, the Federal Judgeship Act of 2009, which would have authorized additional judgeships in the circuit. She also strongly recommended that judicial compensation be increased. [5][6][7] The bill however, did not pass and never went to a vote in the U.S. Senate.[8]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Collins Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ Courthouse News Service, "Ceremony Welcomes New Chief Judge in California," October 1, 2012
- ↑ "THOMAS" Nomination of Audrey Collins, February 13, 2009
- ↑ "LA Times" Federal judge hands L.A. a billboard lawsuit victory, November 12, 2009
- ↑ The Desert Sun "District court faces overwhelming caseload, low salaries", October 5, 2009
- ↑ Metropolitan News, "Latest Departure From District Bench Shows Need for Pay Raise" 9/16/2009
- ↑ Gavel Grab, "Chief Judge Hits 'Crisis of Retention' on Bench" 10/5/2009
- ↑ Open Congress, "S.1653 - Federal Judgeship Act of 2009"
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Bonner |
Central District of California 1994–Current Seat #11 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
