George King
| George King | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
| Title: | Chief Judge |
| Position: | Seat #26 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 6/30/1995 - present |
| Chief: | 10/1/2012-present |
| Preceded by: | 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Past post: | Federal Magistrate Judge |
| Past term: | 1987 - 1995 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1951 |
| Home State: | Shanghai, China |
| Bachelors: | U. of California, Los Angeles, A.B., 1971 |
| Law School: | U. of Southern California Law School, J.D., 1974 |
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George H. King is the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. He became Chief Judge on October 1, 2012. [1][2]
Early life and education
A native of California, King graduated from the University of California-Los Angeles with his Bachelor's Degree in 1971 and later graduated from the University of Southern California Law School with his juris doctorate degree in 1974.[2]
Professional career
King began his legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of California from 1974 to 1975 before joining theU.S. Attorney's Officeas the Assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California from 1975 to 1979. King resumed private practice work licensed in the State of California from 1979 to 1986 before becoming a hearing examiner for thee Los Angeles Police Commission from 1980 to 1982.[2]
Judicial career
Central District of California
King began his judicial career as a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. King was appointed to a full eight year term as a Magistrate Judge in 1987 and served the entire full term till 1995 when he was elevated to federal judge.
On the recommendation of U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstien and Barbara Boxer, King was nominated by President Bill Clinton on April 27, 1995 to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089 which was approved by Congress. King was confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 1995 on a majority voice vote and received commission on June 30, 1995.[3][2]
Notable cases
Bus shutdown case
| United States District Court for the Central District of California |
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| Judge King ordered Tierra Santa, an interstate bus transportation company to cease its operations on March 6, 2010. This came after the Federal Motor Carrier Administration ordered the company to stop operations after a tragic bus accident on March 5, 2010 in Arizona. According to federal authorities, the bus operator during that accident was operating illegally.[4] |
See also
External links
References
- ↑ Courthouse News Service, "Ceremony Welcomes New Chief Judge in California," October 1, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Judge King's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ "THOMAS" Nomination of George King, February 16, 2009 (Search for George King)
- ↑ Google "Judge orders bus firm to stop interstate service", March 7, 2010
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Central District of California 1995–Current Seat #26 |
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 | ||
