United States District Court for the Southern District of California

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United States District Court for the Southern District of California
(S.D. Cal.)
Seal of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Appeals to Ninth Circuit
Established September 28, 1850
Judges assigned 13
Chief judge Barry Ted Moskowitz
Official site

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California (in case citations, S.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The District was created on September 28, 1850, following California statehood on September 9, 1850. The state was divided into a Northern and Southern district. The Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 abolished the Northern and Southern districts, re-organizing California as a single circuit district. On August 5, 1886 the Southern district was re-established, following the division of the state into Northern and Southern districts. The district was further divided on March 18, 1966 with the creation of the Central district.[1]

The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is Laura Duffy, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 28, 2010.

Organization of the court

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California is one of four federal judicial districts in California.[2] Court for the District is held at El Centro and the Edward J. Schwartz U.S. Courthouse and U.S. Courthouse Annex in San Diego. The district comprises Imperial and San Diego counties.

Current judges

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
53 Chief Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz San Diego 1950 1995–present 2012–present — Clinton
50 District Judge Marilyn L. Huff San Diego 1951 1991–present 1998–2005 — G.H.W. Bush
57 District Judge Larry Alan Burns San Diego 1954 2003–present — — G.W. Bush
58 District Judge Dana Makoto Sabraw San Diego 1958 2003–present — — G.W. Bush
59 District Judge William Q. Hayes San Diego 1956 2003–present — — G.W. Bush
60 District Judge John A. Houston San Diego 1952 2003–present — — G.W. Bush
61 District Judge Roger T. Benitez San Diego 1950 2004–present — — G.W. Bush
62 District Judge Janis Lynn Sammartino San Diego 1950 2007–present — — G.W. Bush
63 District Judge Michael M. Anello San Diego 1943 2008–present — — G.W. Bush
64 District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia San Diego 1949 2011–present — — Obama
65 District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo San Diego 1958 2012–present — — Obama
66 District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel San Diego 1953 2012–present — — Obama
67 District Judge Cynthia Ann Bashant San Diego 1960 2014–present — — Obama
44 Senior Judge William Benner Enright San Diego 1925 1972–1990 — 1990–present Nixon
54 Senior Judge Jeffrey T. Miller San Diego 1943 1997–2010 — 2010–present Clinton
55 Senior Judge Thomas J. Whelan San Diego 1940 1998–2010 — 2010–present Clinton
56 Senior Judge M. James Lorenz San Diego 1935 1999–2009 — 2009–present Clinton

Former judges

# Judge State Born/Died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination
1 James McHall Jones CA 1823–1851 1850–1851 — — Fillmore death
2 Ogden Hoffman, Jr. CA 1822–1891 1852[3]–1854 — — Fillmore reassignment
3 Isaac Stockton Keith Ogier CA 1819–1861 1854–1861 — — Pierce death
4 Fletcher Mathews Haight CA 1799–1866 1861–1866 — — Lincoln death
5 Erskine Mayo Ross CA 1845–1928 1887–1895 — — Cleveland reappointment
6 Olin Wellborn CA 1843–1921 1895–1915 — — Cleveland retirement
7 Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe CA 1874–1938 1914–1925 — — Wilson resignation
8 Oscar A. Trippet CA 1856–1923 1915–1923 — — Wilson death
9 William P. James CA 1870–1940 1923–1940 — — Harding death
10 Paul John McCormick CA 1879–1960 1924–1951 1948–1951 1951–1960 Coolidge death
11 Edward J. Henning CA 1868–1937 1925–1929 — — Coolidge resignation
12 George Cosgrave CA 1870–1945 1930–1940 — 1940–1945 Hoover death
13 Harry Aaron Hollzer CA 1880–1946 1931–1946 — — Hoover death
14 Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. CA 1874–1965 1935–1937 — — F. Roosevelt reappointment
15 Leon Rene Yankwich CA 1888–1975 1935–1964 1951–1959 1964–1966 F. Roosevelt reassignment
16 Ralph E. Jenney CA 1883–1945 1937–1945 — — F. Roosevelt death
17 Campbell Eben Beaumont CA 1883–1954 1939–1954 — — F. Roosevelt death
18 Benjamin Harrison CA 1888–1960 1940–1960 1959 — F. Roosevelt death
19 James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor CA 1886–1949 1940–1949 — — F. Roosevelt death
20 Peirson Mitchell Hall CA 1894–1979 1942–1966 1959–1964 — F. Roosevelt reassignment
21 William Carey Mathes CA 1899–1967 1945–1965 1964–1965 1965–1967 Truman death
22 Jacob Weinberger CA 1882–1974 1946–1958 — 1958–1974 Truman death
23 James Marshall Carter CA 1904–1979 1949–1967 1966–1967 — Truman reappointment
24 Harry Clay Westover CA 1894–1983 1949–1965 — 1965–1983 Truman death
25 William Matthew Byrne, Sr. CA 1896–1974 1950–1966 1965–1966 1966 Truman reassignment
26 Ernest Allen Tolin CA 1904–1961 1951[4]–1961 — — Truman death
27 Gilbert H. Jertberg CA 1897–1973 1955–1958 — — Eisenhower reappointment
28 Thurmond Clarke CA 1902–1971 1955–1966 1966 — Eisenhower reassignment
29 Fred Kunzel CA 1901–1969 1959–1969 1967–1969 — Eisenhower death
30 Myron Donovan Crocker CA 1915–2010 1959–1966 — — Eisenhower reassignment
31 Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. CA 1913–2001 1961–1966 — — Kennedy reassignment
32 Charles Hardy Carr CA 1903–1976 1962–1966 — — Kennedy reassignment
33 Jesse William Curtis, Jr. CA 1905–2008 1962–1966 — — Kennedy reassignment
34 Elisha Avery Crary CA 1905–1978 1962–1966 — — Kennedy reassignment
35 Francis C. Whelan CA 1907–1991 1964–1966 — — L. Johnson reassignment
36 Irving Hill CA 1915–1998 1965–1966 — — L. Johnson reassignment
37 A. Andrew Hauk CA 1912–2004 1966 — — L. Johnson reassignment
38 William Percival Gray CA 1912–1992 1966 — — L. Johnson reassignment
39 Edward Joseph Schwartz CA 1912–2000 1968–1982 1969–1982 1982–2000 L. Johnson death
40 Howard Boyd Turrentine CA 1914–2010 1970–1984 1982–1984 1984–2010 Nixon death
41 Gordon Thompson, Jr. CA 1929–2015 1970–1994 1984–1991 1994–2015 Nixon death
42 John Clifford Wallace CA 1928–present 1970–1972 — — Nixon reappointment
43 Leland Chris Nielsen CA 1919–1999 1971–1985 — 1985–1999 Nixon death
45 Judith Keep CA 1944–2004 1980–2004 1991–1998 — Carter death
46 Earl Ben Gilliam CA 1931–2001 1980–1993 — 1993–2001 Carter death
47 J. Lawrence Irving CA 1935–present 1982–1990 — — Reagan resignation
48 Rudi M. Brewster CA 1932–2012 1984–1998 — 1998–2012 Reagan death
49 John Skylstead Rhoades, Sr. CA 1925–2007 1985–1995 — 1995–2007 Reagan death
51 Irma Elsa Gonzalez CA 1948–present 1992–2013 2005–2012 2013 G.H.W. Bush retirement
52 Napoleon A. Jones Jr. CA 1940–2009 1994–2007 — 2007–2009 Clinton death

Succession of seats

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_district_ca.html U.S. District Courts of California, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center
  2. ↑ 28 U.S.C. § 84
  3. ↑ Initially appointed to the Northern District of California in 1851 by Millard Fillmore; Act of August 31, 1852 made the judge of the Northern District be judge of the Southern District as well.
  4. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on March 3, 1952, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 10, 1952, and received commission on June 11, 1952.

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