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Article III Judges of the Northern District

 

 

September 28, 1850 
9 STAT 521		 August 5, 1886 
24 STAT  308 2		 March 2, 1907 
34 STAT 1253
 		 September 14, 1922 
42 STAT 837
 		 May 31, 1938 
52 STAT. 584
 		 June 15, 1946 
60 STAT 260
 		 August 3, 1949
63 STAT 493		 August 3, 1949
63 STAT 493
Hoffman, Ogden, Jr. 1851-1866 Hoffman, Ogden, Jr. 1886-1891 Van Fleet, William C.  1907-1923 (r appt. 1907) Partridge, John S.  
1923-1926		 Welsh, Martin I.  1939-1947
(sr. 1947)		 Harris, George B. 
1946-1970		 Carter, Oliver J.  
1950-1976 (r. appt. 1950)
(sr. 1976)		 Murphy, Edward P. 1950-1958
  Morrow, William W.    1891-1897 (r. 1891) Kerrigan, Frank H.  1924-1935 Louderback, Harold  
1928-1941		 Lemmon, Dal M.  1947-1954 Schnacke, Robert H.    1970-1983 Poole, Cecil F.  1976-1980 Sweigert, William T. 1959-1973 (sr. 1973)
  DeHaven, John J.  
1897-1913		 Roche, Michael J. 1935-1958 (sr. 1958) Goodman, Louis E. 
1942-1961		 Halbert, Sherrill 4 
1954-1966		 Legge, Charles A.  1984-2001 Henderson, Thelton E.  1980-1998 (sr. 1998) Orrick, William H., Jr.
1974-1985
(sr. 1985)
  Dooling, Maurice T. 1913-1924 Wollenberg, Albert C.  1958-1975 (sr. 1975) Weigel, Stanley A. 
1962-1982 (sr. 1982)		 Seat relocated to Eastern District of California by 80 STAT 75 (1966) White, Jeffrey S.  2002-2021
(sr. 2021)		 Alsup, William H.  1999-2021 (sr. 2021) Jensen, D. Lowell
1986-1997
(sr. 1997)
  St. Sure, Adolphus F.  1925-1947 Schwarzer, William W  1976-1991 (sr. 1991) Vukasin, John P., Jr.
1983-1993		   Martinez-Olguin, Araceli
2023-		 Corley, Jacqueline S.
2022-		 Breyer, Charles R.  1997-2011 (sr. 2011)
  Erskine, Herbert W.  1949-1951 Caulfield, Barbara A.
1991-1994		 Chesney, Maxine M. 1995-2009 (sr. 2009)       Orrick, William H., III 2013-2023
(sr. 2023)
  Friedman, Monroe M.  1952-1953 Illston, Susan  
1995-2013 (sr. 2013)		 Seeborg, Richard
2010-		       Lee, Eumi K.
2024-
  Hamlin, Oliver D., Jr.  
1953-1958		 Chhabria, Vince G.
2014-		          
  Burke, Lloyd H. 3
1958-1988		            
May 19, 1961 
75 STAT 80 		 May 19, 1961 
75 STAT 80		 March 18, 1966 
80 STAT 75		 March 18, 1966 
80 STAT 75		 June 2, 1970 
84 STAT 294		 June 2, 1970 
84 STAT 294		 October 20, 1978 
92 STAT 1629		 September 2, 1957 (effective September 18, 1979) 
71 STAT 5867
MacBride,
Thomas J.
1961-1966		 Zirpoli, Alfonso J.  1961-1975 (sr. 1975) Peckham, Robert F.  1966-1988 Levin, Gerald S.
1969-1971		 Conti, Samuel  1970-1987
(sr. 1987)		 Williams, Spencer M. 
1971-1987
(sr. 1987)		 Aguilar, Robert P.  1980-1996 (sr. 1996) Patel, Marilyn H.
1980-2009
Seat relocated to new Eastern District of California bt 80 STAT 75 (1966) Ingram, William A.  1976-1990 (sr. 1990) Ware, James  1990-2012 Renfrew, Charles B.      1971-1980 Smith, Fern M. 5
1988-2003
(sr. 2003)		 Walker, Vaughn R.
1989-2011		 Fogel, Jeremy D.6  
1998-2014		 Davila, Edward J.
2011-2024 (sr. 2024)
  Armstrong, Saundra B.  1991- Donato, James 2014- Lynch, Eugene F. 
1982-1997 (sr. 1997)		 Hamilton, Phyllis J. 2000-2021 (sr. 2021) Rogers, Yvonne G. 
2011-		 Seat abolished Wise, Noël 2024-
  Tigar, Jon S. 2013-   Jenkins, Martin J. 
1997-2008		        
      Chen, Edward M.
2011-2022
(sr. 2022)		        
      Lin, Rita F.
2023-		        
December 1, 1990
104 STAT 5089 		 December 1, 1990
104 STAT 5089		 December 1, 1990 (effective July 1999) 
104 STAT 50898		 December 1, 1990 (effective October 2011) 
104 STAT 50899		        
Whyte, Ronald M. 1992-2009 Wilken, Claudia A. 1993-2014 Hamilton, Phyllis J. 
2000-2021 (sr. 2021)		 Freeman, Beth Labson 
2014-		        
Koh, Lucy H.    2010-2021 Gilliam, Haywood S., Jr. 
2014-		 Thompson, Trina L. 
2022-		          
Pitts, P. Casey
2023-		              

NOTES

1. The act of July 23, 1866, 14 Stat. 209, transferred this judgeship to the District of California.
2. The act of August 5, 1886, 24 Stat. 308, transferred this judgeship from the District of California.
3. On September 18, 1979, the president certified Lloyd Burke involuntarily as disabled pursuant to the act of September 2, 1957, 71 Stat. 586, which authorized the president to appoint an additional judge for the court and provided that no successor to the judge certified as disabled be appointed.
4. The act of March 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 75, transferred these judgeships to the Eastern District of California.
5. Pursuant to the act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5089, no successor to Fern Smith was appointed because hers was the first seat to become vacant following her return to the court in 2003 from her appointment as director of the Federal Judicial Center.
6. Pursuant to the act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5089, no successor to Jeremy Fogel was appointed because his seat became vacant during his service as director of the Federal Judicial Center.
7. The act of September 2, 1957, 71 Stat. 586, was made applicable to the Northern District of California on September 18, 1979, when the president certified Judge Burke as disabled. Marilyn Patel was appointed to the additional judgeship authorized by the statute.
8. The act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5089, provided for the appointment of an additional judge for the court if an active judge assumed "the duties of a full-time office of Federal judicial administration." Fern Smith became director of the Federal Judicial Center in July 1999, and Phyllis Hamilton was appointed to the additional judgeship authorized by the statute.
9. The act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5089, provided for the appointment of an additional judge for the court if an active judge assumed "the duties of a full-time office of Federal judicial administration." Jeremy Fogel became director of the Federal Judicial Center in October 2011, and Beth Freeman was appointed to the additional judgeship authorized by the statute.