Ferdinand Francis Fernandez
| Ferdinand Francis Fernandez | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Station: | Pasadena, CA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 5/22/1989-6/1/2002 |
| Senior: | 6/1/2002-Current |
| Preceded by: | Warren J. Ferguson |
| Past post: | Central District of California |
| Past term: | 1985 - 1989 |
| Past position: | Seat #21 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1937 |
| Bachelors: | University of Southern California 1958 |
| Law School: | University of Southern California Law School 1962 |
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Ferdinand Francis Fernandez (b. 1937) is a federal appeals judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit based in San Francisco. He joined the court in 1989 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. Fernandez is serving on senior status.
Early life and education
Ferandez graduated from USC with his Bachelor's Degree in 1958 and later graduated from USC Law with his Juris Doctorate in 1962 and also graduated from Harvard Law with his Masters of Laws degree in 1963. [1]
Professional career
Fernandez was a law clerk to former federal judge William Byrne, Sr. in the Central District of California from 1963 to 1964 before becoming a private practice attorney in the State of California from 1964 to 1980. He then became a Superior Court Judge in the San Bernardino County Superior Court from 1980 to 1985. [1]
Judicial career
Central District of California
Fernandez was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 19, 1985 to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California created by 98 Stat. 333 which was approved by Congress. Fernandez was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 16, 1985 on a senate vote and received commission on October 17, 1985. Fernandez left the Central District of California on May 24, 1989 due to his appointment to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. [1] Fernandez was succeeded in this position by Gary Taylor.
Ninth Circuit
Fernandez was nominated by President George Bush on February 28, 1989 to a seat on the Ninth Circuit vacated by Warren J. Ferguson. Fernandez was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 1989 on unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on May 22, 1989[2]. Fernandez assumed senior status on June 1, 2002. [1]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Central District of California 1985–1989 Seat #21 |
Succeeded by: Gary Taylor |
| Preceded by: Warren Ferguson |
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1989–present |
Succeeded by: Consuelo Maria Callahan |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: George King • James Selna • Dean Pregerson • John Walter • Otis Wright • George Wu • Percy Anderson • Cormac Carney • David Carter • Audrey Collins • Gary Feess • Dale Fischer • Andrew Guilford • Philip Gutierrez • Virginia Phillips • Robert Klausner • James Otero • Manuel Real • Christina Snyder • Stephen Wilson • Margaret Morrow • Fernando Olguin • Dolly Gee • Beverly Reid O'Connell • John A. Kronstadt • Josephine S. Tucker • Michael Fitzgerald • Jesus Bernal | ||
| Senior judges |
Alicemarie Stotler • Valerie Baker Fairbank • Terry Hatter • Bill Keller • Spencer Letts • Ronald Lew • Consuelo Marshall • Mariana Pfaelzer • Robert Timlin • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Charles F. Eick • Stephen Hillman • Paul Abrams • Robert Block • Jacqueline Chooljian • Rita Federman • Victor Kenton • Fred Mumm • Margaret Nagle • Arthur Nakazato • Oswald Parada • Alicia Rosenberg • Suzanne Segal • Patrick Walsh • Andrew Wistrich • Carla Woehrle • Ralph Zarefsky • Vijay Chand Gandhi • Sheri Pym • David Bristow • John McDermott • Jean Rosebluth • Michael Wilner • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Gilbert Jertberg • Carlos Moreno • Kim McLane Wardlaw • Florence-Marie Cooper • Robert Kelleher • Stephen Larson • Howard Matz • George Schiavelli • Robert Takasugi • Harry Pregerson • Pamela Rymer • Richard Paez • Warren Ferguson • Cynthia Holcomb Hall • Ferdinand Francis Fernandez • Leon Rene Yankwich • Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. • Lourdes Baird • Robert Bonner • William Byrne, Jr. • William Byrne, Sr. • Charles Carr • Thurmond Clarke • Elisha Crary • Jesse Curtis • John Davies • Robert Firth • Richard Gadbois • William Gray • Peirson Hall • Andrew Hauk • Irving Hill • Harry Hupp • James Ideman • David Kenyon • Malcolm Lucas • Lawrence Lydick • Linda McLaughlin • Edward Rafeedie • William Rea • Gary Taylor • Dickran Tevrizian • Laughlin Waters • Francis Whelan • David Williams • Jacqueline Nguyen • Atsushi Wallace Tashima • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Alicemarie Stotler • Terry Hatter • Consuelo Marshall • Manuel Real • Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. • William Byrne, Jr. • Thurmond Clarke • Andrew Hauk • Irving Hill • | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
- Central District of California, Seat 21
- Former federal judge, Central District of California
- Appointed by Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed 1985
- Appointed by George H.W. Bush
- Confirmed 1989
- Judge on senior status, Ninth Circuit
- Former California superior court judges
- Senior federal judge
- U. of Southern California Alumni
- U. of Southern California Law Alumni
