United States District Court for the Northern District of California















United States District Court for the Northern District of California
(N.D. Cal.)
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Location
Phillip Burton Federal Building
(San Francisco)


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More locations


  • Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building
    (Oakland)


  • San Jose


  • Eureka / McKinleyville



Appeals toNinth Circuit
EstablishedAugust 5, 1886
Judges14
Chief JudgePhyllis J. Hamilton
Officers of the court
U.S. Attorney
Alex G. Tse (acting)
www.cand.uscourts.gov

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California (in case citations, N.D. Cal.) is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties of California: 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 Francisco.


Cases from the Northern 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).




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Specialization


  • 3 Current judges


  • 4 Former judges


  • 5 Chief judges


  • 6 Succession of seats


  • 7 United States Attorney


  • 8 See also


  • 9 Notes


  • 10 External links




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.[1] The boundary line was at the 37th parallel of North Latitude.[2] 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,[1] 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.[2] 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.[1][2]


Twenty years later, on August 5, 1886, Congress re-created the Southern District of California by 24 Stat. 308.[2]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.[2] On March 18, 1966, the Eastern and Central Districts were created from portions of the Northern and Southern Districts by 80 Stat. 75.[1]



Specialization


The court has become known as the presumptive destination for major cases (such as large class actions and multi-district litigation) involving defendants based in East Asia and the high tech sector.
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Current judges









































































































































































































#
Title
Judge
Duty station
Born
Term of service
Appointed by
Active

Chief

Senior
57
Chief Judge

Phyllis Jean Hamilton

Oakland
1952
2000–present
2014–present


Clinton
56
District Judge

William Haskell Alsup

San Francisco
1945
1999–present



Clinton
58
District Judge

Jeffrey White

Oakland
1945
2002–present



G.W. Bush
59
District Judge

Richard G. Seeborg

San Francisco
1956
2010–present



Obama
60
District Judge

Lucy Koh

San Jose
1968
2010–present



Obama
61
District Judge

Edward Davila

San Jose
1952
2011–present



Obama
62
District Judge

Edward M. Chen

San Francisco
1953
2011–present



Obama
63
District Judge

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Oakland
1965
2011–present



Obama
64
District Judge

Jon S. Tigar

San Francisco
1962
2013–present



Obama
65
District Judge

William Orrick III

San Francisco
1953
2013–present



Obama
66
District Judge

James Donato

San Francisco
1960
2014–present



Obama
67
District Judge

Beth Labson Freeman

San Jose
1953
2014–present



Obama
68
District Judge

Vince Chhabria

San Francisco
1969
2014–present



Obama
69
District Judge

Haywood Gilliam

Oakland
1969
2014–present



Obama
38
Senior Judge

Thelton Henderson

inactive
1933
1980–1998
1990–1997
1998–present

Carter
47
Senior Judge

Saundra Brown Armstrong

Oakland
1947
1991–2012

2012–present

G.H.W. Bush
49
Senior Judge

Ronald Whyte

inactive
1942
1992–2009

2009–present

G.H.W. Bush
50
Senior Judge

Claudia Ann Wilken

Oakland
1949
1993–2014
2012–2014
2014–present

Clinton
51
Senior Judge

Maxine M. Chesney

San Francisco
1942
1995–2009

2009–present

Clinton
52
Senior Judge

Susan Illston

San Francisco
1948
1995–2013

2013–present

Clinton
53
Senior Judge

Charles R. Breyer

San Francisco
1941
1997–2011

2011–present

Clinton


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#
Judge
State
Born–died
Active service

Chief Judge

Senior status
Appointed by
Reason for
termination
1

Ogden Hoffman, Jr.

CA
1822–1891
1851–1866



Fillmore
reassignment to D. Cal.
1.1

Ogden Hoffman, Jr.

CA
1822–1891
1886–1891



Fillmore
death
2

William W. Morrow

CA
1843–1929
1891[4]–1897



B. Harrison
appointment to 9th Cir.
3

John J. De Haven

CA
1849–1913
1897–1913



McKinley
death
4

William Cary Van Fleet

CA
1852–1923
1907–1923



T. Roosevelt
death
5

Maurice Timothy Dooling

CA
1860–1924
1913–1924



Wilson
death
6

John Slater Partridge

CA
1870–1926
1923–1926



Harding
death
7

Frank Henry Kerrigan

CA
1868–1935
1924–1935



Coolidge
death
8

Adolphus Frederic St. Sure

CA
1869–1949
1925–1947

1947–1949

Coolidge
death
9

Harold Louderback

CA
1881–1941
1928–1941



Coolidge
death
10

Michael Joseph Roche

CA
1878–1964
1935–1958
1948–1958
1958–1964

F. Roosevelt
death
11

Martin Ignatius Welsh

CA
1882–1953
1939–1946

1946–1953

F. Roosevelt
death
12

Louis Earl Goodman

CA
1892–1961
1942–1961
1958–1961


F. Roosevelt
death
13

George Bernard Harris

CA
1901–1983
1946–1970
1961–1970
1970–1983

Truman
death
14

Dal Millington Lemmon

CA
1887–1958
1947–1954



Truman
appointment to 9th Cir.
15

Herbert Wilson Erskine

CA
1888–1951
1949–1951



Truman
death
16

Oliver Jesse Carter

CA
1911–1976
1950–1976
1970–1976
1976

Truman
death
17

Edward Preston Murphy

CA
1904–1958
1950–1958



Truman
death
18

Monroe Mark Friedman

CA
1895–1978
1952–1953



Truman
not confirmed[5]
19

Oliver Deveta Hamlin, Jr.

CA
1892–1973
1953–1958



Eisenhower
appointment to 9th Cir.
20

Sherrill Halbert

CA
1901–1991
1954–1966



Eisenhower
reassignment to E.D. Cal.
21

Albert Charles Wollenberg

CA
1900–1981
1958–1975

1975–1981

Eisenhower
death
22

Lloyd Hudson Burke

CA
1916–1988
1958–1979

1979–1988

Eisenhower
death
23

William Thomas Sweigert

CA
1900–1983
1959–1973

1973–1983

Eisenhower
death
24

Thomas Jamison MacBride

CA
1914–2000
1961–1966



Kennedy
reassignment to E.D. Cal.
25

Alfonso Zirpoli

CA
1905–1995
1961–1975

1975–1995

Kennedy
death
26

Stanley Alexander Weigel

CA
1905–1999
1962–1982

1982–1997

Kennedy
retirement
27

Robert Francis Peckham

CA
1920–1993
1966–1988
1976–1988
1988–1993

L. Johnson
death
28

Gerald Sanford Levin

CA
1906–1971
1969–1971



Nixon
death
29

Robert Howard Schnacke

CA
1913–1994
1970–1983

1983–1994

Nixon
death
30

Samuel Conti

CA
1922–2018
1970–1987

1987–2018

Nixon
death
31

Spencer Mortimer Williams

CA
1922–2008
1971–1987

1987–2008

Nixon
death
32

Charles Byron Renfrew

CA
1928–2017
1971–1980



Nixon
resignation
33

William Horsley Orrick, Jr.

CA
1915–2003
1974–1985

1985–2003

Nixon
death
34

William Austin Ingram

CA
1924–2002
1976–1990
1988–1990
1990–2002

Ford
death
35

Cecil F. Poole

CA
1914–1997
1976–1980



Ford
appointment to 9th Cir.
36

William Schwarzer

CA
1925–2017
1976–1991

1991–2017

Ford
death
37

Robert Peter Aguilar

CA
1931–present
1980–1996

1996

Carter
retirement
39

Marilyn Hall Patel

CA
1938–present
1980–2009
1997–2004
2009–2012

Carter
retirement
40

Eugene F. Lynch

CA
1931–present
1982–1997

1997

Reagan
retirement
41

John P. Vukasin Jr.

CA
1928–1993
1983–1993



Reagan
death
42

Charles A. Legge

CA
1930–present
1984–2001



Reagan
retirement
43

D. Lowell Jensen

CA
1928–present
1986–1997

1997–2014

Reagan
retirement
44

Fern M. Smith

CA
1933–present
1988–2003

2003–2005

Reagan
retirement
45

Vaughn Walker

CA
1944–present
1989–2011
2004–2010


G.H.W. Bush
retirement
46

James Ware

CA
1946–present
1990–2012
2011–2012


G.H.W. Bush
retirement
48

Barbara A. Caulfield

CA
1947–2010
1991–1994



G.H.W. Bush
resignation
54

Martin Jenkins

CA
1954–present
1997–2008



Clinton
resignation
55

Jeremy Fogel

CA
1949–present
1998–2014

2014–2018

Clinton
retirement


Chief judges


Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their district court. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.


When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire on what has since 1958 been known as senior status or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old. The current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982.



Succession of seats















































United States Attorney


The United States Attorney for the Northern District of California represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The Acting United States Attorney has been Alex G. Tse since January 7, 2018.



See also


  • Courts of California

  • List of United States federal courthouses in California


Notes




  1. ^ abcd U.S. District Courts of California, Legislative history Archived May 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., Federal Judicial Center.


  2. ^ abcde Willoughby Rodman, History of the Bench and Bar of Southern California (1909), p. 46.


  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2013.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  4. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 10, 1891, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1892, and received commission on January 11, 1892.


  5. ^ Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.




External links



  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California Official Main, misconduct and ombudsperson websites

  • United States Attorney for the Northern District of California Official Website

  • Community History Exhibits at SanFrancisco Court facilities










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