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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of California: Judges of all Districts
Number of judges: 263
Jones, James McHall (1850-1851)
Hoffman, Ogden, Jr. (1851-1891)
Ogier, Isaac Stockton Keith (1854-1861)
Haight, Fletcher Mathews (1861-1866)
Ross, Erskine Mayo (1887-1895)
Morrow, William W. (1891-1897)
Wellborn, Olin (1895-1915)
DeHaven, John Jefferson (1897-1913)
Van Fleet, William Cary (1907-1923)
Dooling, Maurice Timothy (1913-1924)
Bledsoe, Benjamin Franklin (1914-1925)
Trippet, Oscar A. (1915-1923)
Partridge, John Slater (1923-1926)
James, William P. (1923-1940)
Kerrigan, Frank Henry (1924-1935)
McCormick, Paul John (1924-1960)
St. Sure, Adolphus Frederic (1925-1949)
Henning, Edward J. (1925-1929)
Louderback, Harold (1928-1941)
Cosgrave, George (1930-1945)
Hollzer, Harry Aaron (1931-1946)
Roche, Michael Joseph (1935-1964)
Stephens, Albert Lee, Sr. (1935-1937)
Yankwich, Leon Rene (1935-1975)
Jenney, Ralph E. (1937-1945)
Welsh, Martin Ignatius (1939-1953)
Beaumont, Campbell Eben (1939-1954)
Harrison, Benjamin (1940-1960)
O'Connor, James Francis Thaddeus (1940-1949)
Hall, Peirson Mitchell (1942-1979)
Goodman, Louis Earl (1942-1961)
Mathes, William Carey (1945-1967)
Weinberger, Jacob (1946-1974)
Harris, George Bernard (1946-1983)
Lemmon, Dal Millington (1947-1954)
Erskine, Herbert Wilson (1949-1951)
Carter, James Marshall (1949-1967)
Westover, Harry Clay (1949-1983)
Carter, Oliver Jesse (1950-1976)
Byrne, William Matthew, Sr. (1950-1974)
Murphy, Edward Preston (1950-1958)
Tolin, Ernest Allen (1951-1961)
Friedman, Monroe Mark (1952-1953)
Hamlin, Oliver Deveta, Jr. (1953-1958)
Halbert, Sherrill (1954-1991)
Jertberg, Gilbert H. (1955-1958)
Clarke, Thurmond (1955-1971)
Wollenberg, Albert Charles (1958-1981)
Burke, Lloyd Hudson (1958-1988)
Kunzel, Fred (1959-1969)
Sweigert, William Thomas (1959-1983)
Crocker, Myron Donovan (1959-2010)
Stephens, Albert Lee, Jr. (1961-2001)
MacBride, Thomas Jamison (1961-2000)
Zirpoli, Alfonso Joseph (1961-1995)
Carr, Charles Hardy (1962-1976)
Weigel, Stanley Alexander (1962-1997)
Curtis, Jesse William, Jr. (1962-1990)
Crary, Elisha Avery (1962-1978)
Whelan, Francis C. (1964-1991)
Hill, Irving (1965-1998)
Hauk, A. Andrew (1966-2004)
Gray, William Percival (1966-1992)
Ferguson, Warren John (1966-1979)
Real, Manuel Lawrence (1966-2019)
Peckham, Robert Francis (1966-1993)
Pregerson, Harry (1967-1979)
Schwartz, Edward Joseph (1968-2000)
Williams, David Welford (1969-2000)
Levin, Gerald Sanford (1969-1971)
Wilkins, Philip Charles (1969-1998)
Turrentine, Howard Boyd (1970-2010)
Schnacke, Robert Howard (1970-1994)
Conti, Samuel (1970-2018)
Thompson, Gordon, Jr. (1970-2015)
Wallace, John Clifford (1970-1972)
Kelleher, Robert Joseph (1970-2012)
Byrne, William Matthew, Jr. (1971-2006)
Nielsen, Leland Chris (1971-1999)
Lucas, Malcolm Millar (1971-1984)
Lydick, Lawrence Tupper (1971-1995)
Williams, Spencer Mortimer (1971-2008)
Renfrew, Charles Byron (1971-1980)
Enright, William Benner (1972-2020)
Firth, Robert (1974-1984)
Orrick, William Horsley, Jr. (1974-2003)
Takasugi, Robert Mitsuhiro (1976-2009)
Waters, Laughlin Edward, Sr. (1976-2002)
Ingram, William Austin (1976-2002)
Poole, Cecil F. (1976-1980)
Schwarzer, William W (1976-2017)
Pfaelzer, Mariana R. (1978-2015)
Karlton, Lawrence K. (1979-2015)
Schwartz, Milton Lewis (1979-2005)
Hatter, Terry J., Jr. (1979-present)
Price, Edward Dean (1979-1997)
Ramirez, Raul Anthony (1980-1989)
Aguilar, Robert Peter (1980-1996)
Tashima, Atsushi Wallace (1980-1996)
Henderson, Thelton Eugene (1980-present)
Patel, Marilyn Hall (1980-2012)
Keep, Judith Nelsen (1980-2004)
Gilliam, Earl Ben (1980-2001)
Kenyon, David Vreeland (1980-1997)
Marshall, Consuelo Bland (1980-present)
Hall, Cynthia Holcomb (1981-1984)
Lynch, Eugene F. (1982-1997)
Coyle, Robert Everett (1982-2012)
Gadbois, Richard Arthur, Jr. (1982-1996)
Irving, J. Lawrence (1982-1990)
Rafeedie, Edward (1982-2008)
Rymer, Pamela Ann (1983-1989)
Vukasin, John P., Jr. (1983-1993)
Garcia, Edward J. (1984-2023)
Hupp, Harry Lindley (1984-2004)
Stotler, Alicemarie Huber (1984-2014)
Ideman, James M. (1984-1998)
Rea, William J. (1984-2005)
Brewster, Rudi M. (1984-2012)
Legge, Charles A. (1984-2001)
Keller, William Duffy (1984-present)
Fernandez, Ferdinand Francis (1985-1989)
Wilson, Stephen Victor (1985-present)
Rhoades, John Skylstead, Sr. (1985-2007)
Letts, J[ohn] Spencer (1985-2014)
Tevrizian, Dickran M., Jr. (1985-2007)
Davies, John G. (1986-1998)
Jensen, Delwen Lowell (1986-2014)
Lew, Ronald S. W. (1987-2023)
Smith, Fern M. (1988-2005)
Bonner, Robert C. (1989-1990)
Walker, Vaughn R. (1989-2011)
Taylor, Gary L. (1990-2005)
Levi, David F. (1990-2007)
Shubb, William B. (1990-present)
Ware, James (1990-2012)
Wanger, Oliver Winston (1991-2011)
Huff, Marilyn L. (1991-present)
Armstrong, Saundra Brown (1991-present)
Caulfield, Barbara A. (1991-1994)
Whyte, Ronald M. (1992-2023)
Burrell, Garland Ellis, Jr. (1992-present)
Baird, Lourdes Gillespie (1992-2005)
Gonzalez, Irma Elsa (1992-2013)
McLaughlin, Linda Hodge (1992-1999)
Wilken, Claudia Ann (1993-present)
Collins, Audrey B. (1994-2014)
Paez, Richard A. (1994-2000)
Timlin, Robert J. (1994-2017)
Jones, Napoleon A., Jr. (1994-2009)
Chesney, Maxine M. (1995-present)
Illston, Susan Yvonne (1995-present)
King, George H. (1995-2017)
Wardlaw, Kim McLane (1995-1998)
Moskowitz, Barry Ted (1995-present)
Pregerson, Dean D. (1996-2025)
Miller, Jeffrey T. (1997-present)
Ishii, Anthony W. (1997-present)
Snyder, Christina A. (1997-present)
Damrell, Frank C., Jr. (1997-2011)
Breyer, Charles R. (1997-present)
Jenkins, Martin J. (1997-2008)
Moreno, Carlos R. (1998-2001)
Morrow, Margaret M. (1998-2016)
Fogel, Jeremy D. (1998-2018)
Matz, A. Howard (1998-2013)
Carter, David O. (1998-present)
Manella, Nora Margaret (1998-2006)
Whelan, Thomas J. (1998-present)
Feess, Gary Allen (1999-2015)
Alsup, William Haskell (1999-present)
Lorenz, M. James (1999-present)
Cooper, Florence-Marie (1999-2010)
Phillips, Virginia A. (1999-present)
Hamilton, Phyllis Jean (2000-present)
Anderson, Percy (2002-present)
Walter, John F. (2002-present)
England, Morrison C., Jr. (2002-2024)
Klausner, Robert Gary (2002-present)
White, Jeffrey Steven (2002-present)
Otero, S. James (2003-2020)
Selna, James V. (2003-present)
Carney, Cormac J. (2003-present)
Burns, Larry Alan (2003-2024)
Sabraw, Dana Makoto (2003-present)
Hayes, William Q. (2003-present)
Houston, John A. (2003-present)
Fischer, Dale S. (2003-present)
Benitez, Roger T. (2004-present)
Schiavelli, George P. (2004-2008)
Larson, Stephen G. (2006-2009)
Guilford, Andrew J. (2006-2020)
O'Neill, Lawrence Joseph (2007-present)
Gutierrez, Philip S. (2007-2024)
Fairbank, Valerie Baker (2007-present)
Wright, Otis D. II (2007-present)
Wu, George H. (2007-present)
Sammartino, Janis Lynn (2007-present)
Mendez, John A. (2008-present)
Anello, Michael M. (2008-present)
Nguyen, Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc (2009-2012)
Gee, Dolly Maizie (2010-present)
Seeborg, Richard G. (2010-present)
Koh, Lucy Haeran (2010-2021)
Staton, Josephine L. (2010-present)
Mueller, Kimberly Jo (2010-present)
Davila, Edward John (2011-present)
Battaglia, Anthony Joseph (2011-present)
Kronstadt, John Arnold (2011-present)
Chen, Edward Milton (2011-present)
Rogers, Yvonne Gonzalez (2011-present)
Bencivengo, Cathy Ann (2012-present)
Fitzgerald, Michael Walter (2012-present)
Curiel, Gonzalo Paul (2012-present)
Bernal, Jesus Gilberto (2012-present)
Olguin, Fernando Manzano (2013-present)
Tigar, Jon Steven (2013-present)
Nunley, Troy Lynne (2013-present)
O'Connell, Beverly Reid (2013-2017)
Orrick, William Horsley III (2013-present)
Donato, James (2014-present)
Freeman, Beth Labson (2014-present)
Chhabria, Vince Girdhari (2014-present)
Bashant, Cynthia Ann (2014-present)
Birotte, Andre, Jr. (2014-present)
Gilliam, Haywood Stirling, Jr. (2014-present)
Drozd, Dale Alan (2015-present)
Scarsi, Mark Christopher (2020-present)
Blumenfeld, Stanley, Jr. (2020-present)
Holcomb, John William (2020-present)
Robinson, Todd Wallace (2020-present)
Aenlle-Rocha, Fernando Lazaro (2020-present)
Lopez, Linda (2021-present)
Thurston, Jennifer Leigh (2021-present)
Ohta, Jinsook (2021-present)
Frimpong, Maame Ewusi-Mensah (2022-present)
Corley, Jacqueline Scott (2022-present)
Montenegro, Ruth Bermudez (2022-present)
Slaughter, Fred Wallace (2022-present)
Sykes, Sunshine Suzanne (2022-present)
Huie, Robert Steven (2022-present)
Garnett, Sherilyn Peace (2022-present)
de Alba, Ana Isabel (2022-2023)
Thompson, Trina Lynn (2022-present)
Calabretta, Daniel Joe Powell (2023-present)
Martinez-Olguin, Araceli (2023-present)
Schopler, Andrew George (2023-present)
Simmons, James Edward, Jr. (2023-present)
Hsu, Wesley Liu (2023-present)
Vera, Hernán Diego (2023-present)
Pitts, Patrick Casey (2023-present)
Lin, Rita Faye (2023-present)
Kato, Kenly Kiya (2023-present)
Almadani, Monica Ramirez (2023-present)
Sherriff, Kirk Edward (2024-present)
Lee, Eumi Kim (2024-present)
Coggins, Dena Michaela (2024-present)
Court, Michelle Williams (2024-present)
Hwang, Anne (2024-present)
Valenzuela Dixon, Cynthia (2024-present)
Wise, Noël (2024-present)
Murillo, Serena Raquel (2025-present)
Cheeks, Benjamin Jerome (2025-present)