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Chesney was a judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court, California from 1979 to 1983. She was a judge on the Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, appointed and subsequently elected from 1983 to 1995.
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, [2] 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. [3]
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.
In 1998, the electorate approved Proposition 220, which amended the state constitution to authorize trial court judges in each county to decide whether or not to retain municipal courts. [4] [24] Within two months, by December 31, 1998, judges in 50 of California's 58 counties had voted for consolidation of municipal courts with superior courts ...
Before 1998, each county also had municipal or justice courts that heard some of the cases. In June, 1998, California passed Proposition 220, which allowed the judges in each county to determine if the county should have only one trial court. By 2001, all 58 counties had consolidated their courts into a single superior court.
President Joe Biden intends to have a longtime Los Angeles judge and a San Diego magistrate judge fill federal California judicial vacancies, the White House said on Wednesday.. Biden will be ...
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Kimberly E. Colwell (1987): [154] First openly LGBT female judge in Alameda County, California (2012) Margaret Fujioka (1985): [155] First Japanese American female judge in Alameda County, California (2017) Eumi K. Lee (2000): [156] First Korean American female judge in Alameda County, California (2018). She is the first Korean American to ...