United States District Court for the Northern District of California

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma. The court hears cases in its courtrooms in Eureka, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose. It is headquartered in San Fransisco.

The United States Attorney for the Northern District of California represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Kevin V. Ryan was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California on May 15, 2002. Ryan resigned in February of 2007 and was replaced by interim United States Attorney Scott N. Schools.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown San Fransisco at the James R. Browing Federal Courthouse.

Judges

Since the court was established, 19 Article III federal judges have served on it.^[1]

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

Chief Judge: Vaughn Walker William Alsup Saundra Armstrong Charles Breyer Jeremy Fogel Phyllis Hamilton Susan Illston

Marilyn Patel Richard Seeborg James Ware Jeff White Claudia Wilken Vacancy Vacancy

• Nominated by Jimmy Carter: Marilyn Patel
• Nominated by George H.W. Bush: Vaughn Walker, Saundra Armstrong, James Ware, Ronald Whyte
• Nominated by Bill Clinton: William Alsup, Charles Breyer, Maxine Chesney, Jeremy Fogel, Jeremy Fogel, Susan Illston, Claudia Wilken
• Nominated by George W. Bush: Jeff White
• Nominated by Barack Obama: Richard Seeborg

Senior judges

Maxine Chesney Samuel Conti Thelton Henderson

Delwen Jensen William Schwarzer Ronald Whyte

Magistrate judges

Chief: James Larson Wayne Brazil Edward Chen Maria-Elena James Elizabeth LaPorte

Howard Lloyd Jospeh Spero Patrica Trumbull Bernard Zimmerman

External links

• United States District Court for the Northern District of California Official Website
• United States Attorney for the Northern District of California Official Website
• Judges of the Northern District of California
• Opinions of the Northern District of California
• Community History Exhibits at SanFrancisco Court facilities

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	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Active judges	Walker • Alsup • Armstrong • Breyer • Fogel • Hamilton • Illston • Patel • Seeborg • Ware • White • Wilken • Vacancy • Vacancy
Senior judges	Chesney • Conti • Henderson • Jensen • Schwarzer • Whyte
Magistrate judges	Larson • Brazil • Chen • James • LaPorte • Lloyd • Spero • Trumbull • Zimmerman
Former judges	Aguilar • Burke • Carter • Caulfield • DeHaven • Dooling • Erskine • Friedman • Goodman • Halbert • Hamlin • Harris • Hoffman • Ingram • Jenkins • Kerrigan • Legge • Lemmon • Levin • Louderback • Lynch • MacBride • Morrow • Murphy • Orrick • Partridge • Peckham • Poole • Renfrew • Roche • Schnacke • Smith • St. Sure • Sweigert • Van Fleet • Vukasin • Weigel • Welsh • Williams • Wollenberg • Zirpoli