Jacqueline Nguyen

Jacqueline Nguyen
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Current Court Information:
Ninth Circuit
Title:	Judge
Service:
Appointed by:	Barack Obama
Active:	5/7/2012 - Present
Preceded by:	121 Stat. 2534
Past post:	Central District of California
Past term:	12/4/2009 - 5/7/2012
Personal History
Born:	1965
Home State:	Dalat, Vietnam
Bachelors:	Occidental College, A.B., 1987
Law School:	U. of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, J.D., 1991

Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen is a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She joined the court in 2012 after an appointment from Barack Obama. At the time of her appointment, she served as a judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California after a 2009 appointment from Barack Obama. She is the first Vietnamese-American woman to serve the federal bench and the first Asian American woman to serve on the appellate courts.

Early life and education

Judge Nguyen was born in South Vietnam. She fled from the country with her family in 1975, after the fall of the government. She graduated from Occidental College in 1987 with an undergraduate degree and from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1991 with a law degree.

Professional career

Judge Nguyen began her legal career in 1991 as a private practice lawyer. In 1995, she became an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. She was then appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in August of 2002 and continued to serve that court until receiving her commission for the Central District of California.

Judicial career

Central District of California

Nguyen was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 31, 2009 to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved her nomination on October 15, 2009. On December 1, 2009, the US Senate voted to confirm Nguyen with unanimous consent (97-0 vote). She is filling the seat vacated when Nora Manella left the federal judiciary to join the California Courts of Appeal in 2006. She left this post in 2012 when she was elevated to the appellate courts.

Nguyen received a rating of "Unanimously Well Qualified" from the American Bar Association.

Federal court nomination

On September 22, 2011 President Obama nominated Jacqueline Nguyen to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Obama commented on the nomination, stating, "Judge Nguyen has been a trailblazer, displaying an outstanding commitment to public service throughout her career. I am honored to nominate her today for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals and confident she will serve the American people with fairness and integrity."

She was rated Unanimously Qualified by the American Bar Association. She had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 2, 2011 and you can find her Committee Questionnaire Available Here and her Questions for the Record Available Here.

On May 7, 2012 the United States Senate confirmed Jacqueline Nguyen to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit with a vote of 91-3.

Judiciary Committee hearing

Nguyen's Public Questionnaire Available Here

Questions for the Record Available Here

Nguyen had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 23, 2009. The Committee voted to forward her nomination to the full Senate on October 15, 2009, and her nomination was confirmed on December 1, 2009.

See also

• United States District Court for the Central District of California
• News: Jacqueline Nguyen confirmed to Ninth Circuit, May 8, 2012

External links

• Judge Nguyen's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

References

Federal judicial offices
Preceded by: Nora Manella	Central District of California 2009–2012	Succeeded by: Fernando Olguin
Preceded by: NA-New Seat	Ninth Circuit 2012–Current	Succeeded by: '

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