United States District Court for the Central District of California
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U.S. District Court for the Central District of California is the United States district court serving some 17 million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population. The Central District of California was created on September 18, 1966.
The U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California represents the United States in civil and criminal cases before the court. Thomas P. O'Brien has held the role of United States Attorney since 2007.
When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals based in downtown San Francisco at the James R. Browing Federal Courthouse. Initial appeals are heard in Pasadena at the Richard Chambers Courthouse.
Divisions
The Central District of California is divided into three divisions, with jurisdiction over seven counties: Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties.
The Eastern Division hears cases from Riverside and San Bernardino Counties at its Riverside courthouse.
The Southern Division covers Orange County from its Santa Ana courthouse.
The Western Division handles cases for Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties. Cases are heard in two courthouses in downtown Los Angeles, the older U.S. Court House in Los Angeles (Spring Street Courthouse) and the newer Edward R. Roybal courthouse. Since the mid-1990s, the district court administration has been fighting for funding to renovate or replace the aging Spring Street courthouse.
Recently, a new courthouse was slated to be built sometime in the future combining the Spring Street and most of the Roybal courthouses into one building. The U.S. Attorney's office will then occupy the Spring Street building.
Judges
Since the court was established, 76 Article III federal judges have served on it.[1]
Article III judges
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- Nominated by Bill Clinton: Audrey Collins, David Carter, Florence-Marie Cooper, Gary Feess, George King, Howard Matz, Margaret Morrow, Virginia Phillips, Dean Pregerson, Christina Snyder, Robert Timlin
- Nominated by George W. Bush: Percy Anderson, Cormac Carney, Valerie Baker Fairbank, Dale Fischer, Andrew Guilford, Philip Gutierrez, Robert Klausner, Stephen Larson, James Otero, James Selna, John Walter, Otis Wright, George Wu
- Nominated by Barack Obama: Dolly Gee
Senior judges
Magistrate judges
External links
- United States District Court, Central District of California
- United States Attorney's Office, Central District of California
- Opinions of the Central District of California
- Judges of the Central District of California
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Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Central District of California |
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| Active judges |
Collins • Anderson • Carney • Carter • Fairbank • Feess • Fischer • Gee • Guilford • Gutierrez • King • Klausner • Matz • Morrow • Nguyen • Otero • Phillips • Pregerson • Selna • Snyder • Timlin • Walter • Wright • Wu • Vacancy • Vacancy • Vacancy |
| Senior judges |
Hatter • Kelleher • Keller • Letts • Lew • Marshall • Pfaelzer • Real • Stotler • Takasugi • Wilson |
| Magistrate judges |
Hillman • Abrams • Block • Chapman • Chooljian • Eick • Federman • Goldman • Kenton • Mumm • Nagle • Nakazato • Olguin • Parada • Rosenberg • Segal • Turchin • Walsh • Wistrich • Woehrle • Zarefsky |
| Former judges |
Baird • Bonner • Byrne Jr. • Byrne Sr. • Carr • Clarke • Crary • Curtis • Davies • Ferguson • Fernandez • Firth • Gadbois • Gray • C. Hall • P. Hall • Hauk • Hill • Hupp • Ideman • Kenyon • Larson • Lucas • Lum • Lydick • Manella • McLaughlin • Moreno • Paez • Pregerson • Rafeedie • Rea • Rymer • Schiavelli • Stephens • Tashima • Taylor • Tevrizian • Wardlaw • Waters • Whelan • Williams • Yankwich |
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