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.) |
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| Appeals to | Ninth Circuit |
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| Established | August 5, 1886 |
| Judges assigned | 13 |
| Chief judge | Irma Elsa Gonzalez |
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The United States District Court for the Southern District of California (in case citations, S.D. Cal.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties in California: Imperial and San Diego.[1] In terms of filed indictments, it is one of the busiest criminal districts in the United States. [2] Cases from the Southern District of California are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for 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).
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[edit] History
California was admitted as a state on September 9, 1850, and was initially divided into two districts, the Northern and the Southern, by Act of Congress approved September 28, 1850, 9 Stat. 521.[3] The boundary line was at the 37th parallel of North Latitude.[4] The creating act provided that:
- In addition to the ordinary jurisdiction and powers of a District Court of the United States, with which the Southern District Court of New York has been invested, the said Courts be and hereby are invested respectively within the limits of its district with the exercise of concurrent jurisdiction and power in all civil cases now exercised by the Circuit Courts of the United States; and that in all cases where said Courts shall exercise such jurisdiction, appeals may be taken from the judgments, orders or decrees of said Courts to the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Act of August 31, 1852 made the Judge of the Northern District be Judge of the Southern District as well until otherwise provided, by 10 Stat. 76, 84,[3] effectively creating a single District in all but name until an Act of January 18, 1854 provided for the appointment of a Judge for the Southern District.[4] The Southern District of California was abolished and the State made to constitute a single district - the United States District Court for the District of California - by Act of Congress approved July 27, 1866, 14 Stat. 300.[3][4]
Twenty years later, on August 5, 1886, Congress re-created the Southern District of California by 24 Stat. 308.[4] Erskine M. Ross was appointed Judge of the new district and served until his promotion to the Circuit Judgeship, when he was succeeded by Olin Wellborn.[4] On March 18, 1966, the Eastern and Central Districts were created from portions of the Northern and Southern Districts by 80 Stat. 75.[3]
[edit] Future Courthouse
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On August 25, 2006, Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California hosted a ceremonial ribbon-cutting to recognize elected officials who helped obtain funding for a new federal courthouse in downtown San Diego.
The event was held on the future site of the new courthouse, a 2 1/4 acre parcel of land west of the existing Jacob Weinberger U.S. Courthouse. The site was formerly occupied by an aging residential hotel, which was brought down by implosion earlier this year[when?]. The parcel has been cleared in preparation for construction, which is scheduled to begin next summer. If all goes as planned, the new courthouse will be completed in fall 2010.
The new courthouse will stand 16 stories tall with about 380,000 square feet (35,000 m2)of space. It will house 14 courtrooms and judicial chambers for 20 judges, including resident judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The courthouse also will provide offices for the district clerk, U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Pretrial Services. Also planned are a ground level community plaza and mural garden with a combined 36,000 square feet (3,300 m2)of space.[2]
[edit] Current Judges
- As of October 25, 2009, a vacancy exists in the District due to Judge M. James Lorenz's decision to assume senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.
- Two additional vacancies will be created in the District when Judge Jeffrey T. Miller assumes senior status on June 6, 2010, and when Judge Thomas J. Whelan assumes senior status on August 15, 2010.
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
End reason |
| Irma Elsa Gonzalez | George H. W. Bush | August 12, 1992 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Marilyn L. Huff | George H. W. Bush | May 14, 1991 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Jeffrey T. Miller | Bill Clinton | May 27, 1997 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Barry Ted Moskowitz | Bill Clinton | December 26, 1995 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Thomas J. Whelan | Bill Clinton | October 22, 1998 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Michael M. Anello | George W. Bush | October 10, 2008 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Roger T. Benitez | George W. Bush | June 21, 2004 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Larry Alan Burns | George W. Bush | September 25, 2003 | Incumbent | – | – |
| William Q. Hayes | George W. Bush | October 6, 2003 | Incumbent | – | – |
| John A. Houston | George W. Bush | October 7, 2003 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Dana Makoto Sabraw | George W. Bush | September 26, 2003 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Janis Lynn Sammartino | George W. Bush | September 21, 2007 | Incumbent | – | – |
| (Seat Vacant) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) |
| William Benner Enright | Richard Nixon | June 30, 1972 | July 12, 1990 | Incumbent | |
| Gordon Thompson, Jr. | Richard Nixon | October 16, 1970 | December 28, 1994 | Incumbent | – |
| Howard Boyd Turrentine | Richard Nixon | April 24, 1970 | January 22, 1984 | Incumbent | – |
| Rudi M. Brewster | Ronald Reagan | June 15, 1984 | July 1, 1998 | Incumbent | – |
| Napoleon A. Jones Jr. | Bill Clinton | September 15, 1994 | September 19, 2007 | Incumbent | – |
| M. James Lorenz | Bill Clinton | October 5, 1999 | October 25, 2009 | Incumbent | – |
[edit] Former Judges
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
End reason |
| Campbell Eben Beaumont | Franklin D. Roosevelt | August 5, 1939 | November 19, 1954 | – | death |
| Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe | Woodrow Wilson | October 16, 1914 | March 24, 1925 | – | resignation |
| William Matthew Byrne Sr. | Harry S. Truman | September 27, 1950[5] | June 30, 1966 | September 18, 1966 | assignment to another court |
| Charles Hardy Carr | John F. Kennedy | August 14, 1962 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| James Marshall Carter | Harry S. Truman | October 18, 1949 | December 1, 1967 | – | reappointment |
| Thurmond Clarke | Dwight D. Eisenhower | August 3, 1955 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| George Cosgrave | Herbert Hoover | April 8, 1930 | August 31, 1940 | August 4, 1945 | death |
| Elisha Avery Crary | John F. Kennedy | August 28, 1962 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| Myron Donovan Crocker | Dwight D. Eisenhower | September 21, 1959 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| Jesse William Curtis Jr. | John F. Kennedy | August 27, 1962 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| Earl Ben Gilliam | Jimmy Carter | August 20, 1980 | April 2, 1993 | January 28, 2001 | death |
| William Percival Gray | Lyndon B. Johnson | July 2, 1966 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| Fletcher Mathews Haight | Abraham Lincoln | August 5, 1861 | February 23, 1866 | – | death |
| Peirson Mitchell Hall | Franklin D. Roosevelt | July 3, 1942 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| Benjamin Harrison | Franklin D. Roosevelt | June 26, 1940 | August 13, 1960 | – | death |
| A. Andrew Hauk | Lyndon B. Johnson | June 29, 1966 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| Edward J. Henning | Calvin Coolidge | April 24, 1925[6] | December 31, 1929 | – | resignation |
| Irving Hill | Lyndon B. Johnson | June 10, 1965 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| Ogden Hoffman, Jr. | Millard Fillmore | February 27, 1851 | January 18, 1854 | – | assignment to another court |
| Harry Aaron Hollzer | Herbert Hoover | March 3, 1931 | January 14, 1946 | – | death |
| J. Lawrence Irving | Ronald Reagan | July 28, 1982 | December 31, 1990 | – | resignation |
| William P. James | Warren G. Harding | March 3, 1923 | July 28, 1940 | – | death |
| Ralph E. Jenney | Franklin D. Roosevelt | July 3, 1937 | July 13, 1945 | – | death |
| Gilbert H. Jertberg | Dwight D. Eisenhower | March 16, 1955 | September 1, 1958 | – | reappointment |
| James McHall Jones | Millard Fillmore | December 26, 1850 | December 15, 1851 | – | death |
| Judith Keep | Jimmy Carter | June 30, 1980 | September 14, 2004 | – | death |
| Fred Kunzel | Dwight D. Eisenhower | September 10, 1959 | November 19, 1969 | – | death |
| William Carey Mathes | Harry S. Truman | October 17, 1945 | June 9, 1965 | July 24, 1967 | death |
| Paul John McCormick | Calvin Coolidge | February 11, 1924 | September 1, 1951 | December 2, 1960 | death |
| Leland Chris Nielsen | Richard Nixon | May 20, 1971 | June 14, 1985 | September 23, 1999 | death |
| James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor | Franklin D. Roosevelt | September 27, 1940 | September 28, 1949 | – | death |
| Isaac Stockton Keith Ogier | Franklin Pierce | January 23, 1854 | May 21, 1861 | – | death |
| John Skylstead Rhoades, Sr. | Ronald Reagan | October 28, 1985 | November 4, 1995 | September 3, 2007 | death |
| Erskine Mayo Ross | Grover Cleveland | January 13, 1887 | March 5, 1895 | – | reappointment |
| Edward Joseph Schwartz | Lyndon B. Johnson | March 28, 1968 | March 26, 1982 | March 22, 2000 | death |
| Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. | Franklin D. Roosevelt | August 24, 1935 | June 21, 1937 | – | reappointment |
| Albert Lee Stephens Jr. | John F. Kennedy | September 18, 1961 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| Ernest Allen Tolin | Harry S. Truman | October 30, 1951[7] | June 11, 1961 | – | death |
| Oscar A. Trippet | Woodrow Wilson | March 3, 1915 | July 15, 1923 | – | death |
| John Clifford Wallace | Richard Nixon | October 16, 1970 | July 14, 1972 | – | reappointment |
| Jacob Weinberger | Harry S. Truman | February 21, 1946 | November 1, 1958 | May 20, 1974 | death |
| Olin Wellborn | Grover Cleveland | March 1, 1895 | January 31, 1915 | – | retirement |
| Harry Clay Westover | Harry S. Truman | October 18, 1949 | December 31, 1965 | April 14, 1983 | death |
| Francis C. Whelan | Lyndon B. Johnson | September 15, 1964 | September 18, 1966 | – | assignment to another court |
| Leon Rene Yankwich | Franklin D. Roosevelt | August 24, 1935 | April 28, 1964 | September 18, 1966 | assignment to another court |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Southern District of California - Jurisdiction.
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b c d U.S. District Courts of California, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b c d e Willoughby Rodman, History of the Bench and Bar of Southern California (1909), p. 46.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 27, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 13, 1950, and received commission on December 21, 1950.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1925, and received commission on December 15, 1925.
- ^ 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.
[edit] External links
- United States District Court for the Southern District of California Official Website
- United States Attorney for the Southern District of California Official Website
[edit] See also
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