California Third District Court of Appeal

California Third District Court of Appeal
Court information
Judges:	10
Judicial selection
Method:	Gubernatorial appointment
Term:	12 years
Active judges
Cole Blease  •  Vance Raye  •  Kathleen Butz  •  George Nicholson  •  Ronald Robie  •  Harry Hull  •  Elena J. Duarte  •  Louis R. Mauro  •  William J. Murray, Jr.  •  Andrea L. Hoch  •

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The California Third District Courts of Appeal is one of six Courts of Appeal in California. It consists of twenty three counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba. The geographical area of the District is larger than the combined area of Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Judges of the Third District

Judge	Term	Division	Appointed by	Party
Justice Cole Blease	1979-2019		Gov. Jerry Brown
Presiding Justice Vance Raye	1991-2015		Gov. George Deukmejian
Justice Kathleen Butz	2003-2023		Gov. Gray Davis
Justice George Nicholson	2010-2023		Gov. George Deukmejian
Judge Ronald Robie	2005-2015		Gov. Gray Davis
Justice Harry Hull	2010-2023		Gov. Pete Wilson
Justice Elena J. Duarte	2010-2012		Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Justice Louis R. Mauro	2010-2012		Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Justice William J. Murray, Jr.	2010-2012		Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Justice Andrea L. Hoch	2010-2012		Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

See also

• California First District Court of Appeal
• California Second District Court of Appeal
• California Fourth District Court of Appeal
• California Fifth District Court of Appeal
• California Sixth District Court of Appeal

External links

• California Courts, 3rd District Court of Appeal website

References