Gary Feess
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Early Life and Education
Born in Alliance, Ohio, Feess graduted from The Ohio State University with his Bachelor's degree in 1970 and later from the University of California-Los Angeles School of Law with his Juris Doctor degree in 1974.[1]
Legal Career
Feess was a private practice attorney from 1974 to 1979. Feess served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California in the U.S. Attorney's Office from 1979 to 1987 and then as Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1987 to 1989. Feess returned to private practice from 1989 to 1996 before serving as Superior Court Judge in the Los Angeles County, California Superior Court from 1996 to 1999.[1]
Federal Judicial Career
On the recommendation of U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstien and Barbara Boxer, Feess was nominated to the United States District Court for the Central District of California by President Bill Clinton on January 26, 1999, to a seat vacated by James Ideman. Feess was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 30, 1999 on a Senate vote and received commission on July 7, 1999. [2].
Notable cases
LAPD consent decree case
Judge Feess on July 17, 2009 lifted a decade-long consent decree on the Los Angeles Police Department.
The consent decree happened after the Rampart scandal which affected the anti-gang unit of the police force. The scandal was one of a number of incidents that bruised the image of the department during the 1990's. In 1999, a federal judge ordered that the Los Angeles Police appoint an independent monitor and to comply with 100 reforms including a ban on all racial profiling.
After noted improvements on how the LAPD conducted their operations, the independent monitor asked the judge for an end to the decree. In ending the decree, the judge approved a transition agreement that would move oversight of the department to Los Angeles Police Commission. The agreement orders units of the department to report to the police oversight body. Judge Feess told the parties that the court will keep jurisdiction over the agreement. [3]
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