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John Walter (California)

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John Walter


United States District Court for the Central District of California

Tenure

2002 - Present

Years in position

22

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John F. Walter is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.[1]

Education

Walter graduated from Loyola Marymount University with his bachelor's degree in 1966 and with his J.D. degree in 1969.[1]

Professional career

Walter became a private practice attorney licensed in the State of California from 1969 to 1970 and from 1972 to 2002. He worked in the U.S. Attorney's Office as assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California from 1970 to 1972.[1]

Judicial career

Central District of California

Walter was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Judge John Davies. Walter was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2002, on an unopposed 99-0-1 vote and received commission on May 1, 2002.[2][1]

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Active judges

Chief JudgeDolly Gee   •  John Walter (California)  •  Otis Wright  •  Percy Anderson  •  David Carter (California)  •  Robert Klausner  •  Stephen V. Wilson  •  Fernando Olguin  •  Stanley Blumenfeld  •  Josephine Staton  •  Michael Fitzgerald (California)  •  Michelle Williams Court  •  Jesus Bernal  •  Sunshine S. Sykes  •  Fred W. Slaughter  •  Serena R. Murillo  •  André Birotte, Jr.  •  Sherilyn P. Garnett  •  Kenly Kiya Kato  •  Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong  •  Fernando Aenlle-Rocha  •  Wesley Hsu  •  Mark Scarsi  •  Anne Hwang  •  John Holcomb (California)  •  Hernán D. Vera  •  Mónica Ramírez Almadani  •  Cynthia Valenzuela

Senior judges

James Selna  •  Dean Pregerson  •  George Wu  •  Valerie Baker Fairbank  •  Dale Fischer  •  Terry Hatter  •  William Duffy Keller  •  Virginia Phillips  •  Ronald Lew  •  Consuelo Marshall  •  Christina Snyder  •  John A. Kronstadt  •  

Magistrate judges Charles F. Eick  •  Paul Abrams  •  Jacqueline Chooljian  •  Alicia Rosenberg  •  Sheri Pym  •  John McDermott (California)  •  Jean Rosenbluth  •  Michael Wilner  •  Douglas McCormick  •  Alka Sagar  •  Kenly Kiya Kato  •  Louise A. LaMothe  •  Steve Kim (California)  •  Karen Stevenson  •  Karen Scott  •  John Early  •  Alexander MacKinnon  •  Rozella Oliver  •  Gail Standish  •  Maria Audero  •  Pedro Castillo  •  Shashi Kewalramani  •  Autumn Spaeth  •  Margo Rocconi  •  Patricia Donahue  •  
Former Article III judges

Gilbert Jertberg  •  Carlos Moreno  •  Kim McLane Wardlaw  •  Alicemarie Stotler  •  Cormac Carney  •  Audrey Collins  •  Florence-Marie Cooper  •  Gary Feess  •  Andrew Guilford  •  Philip Gutierrez  •  Robert Kelleher  •  Stephen Larson  •  Spencer Letts  •  Howard Matz  •  Mariana Pfaelzer  •  S. James Otero  •  Manuel Real  •  George Schiavelli  •  Robert Takasugi  •  Harry Pregerson  •  Pamela Rymer  •  Richard Paez  •  Warren Ferguson  •  Cynthia Holcomb Hall  •  Ferdinand Francis Fernandez  •  Leon Rene Yankwich  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Jr.  •  Margaret Morrow  •  Lourdes Baird  •  Robert Bonner  •  William Byrne, Jr.  •  William Byrne, Sr.  •  Charles Carr  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Elisha Crary  •  Jesse Curtis  •  John Davies  •  Robert Firth  •  Richard Gadbois  •  William Gray (California)  •  Peirson Hall  •  Andrew Hauk  •  Irving Hill  •  Harry Hupp  •  James Ideman  •  David Kenyon  •  Malcolm Lucas  •  Lawrence Lydick  •  Linda McLaughlin  •  Edward Rafeedie  •  William Rea  •  Gary L. Taylor  •  Dickran Tevrizian  •  Laughlin Waters  •  Francis Whelan  •  David Williams (California federal judge)  •  Jacqueline Nguyen  •  Beverly Reid O'Connell  •  Atsushi Wallace Tashima  •  

Former Chief judges

Alicemarie Stotler  •  Cormac Carney  •  Philip Gutierrez  •  Terry Hatter  •  Virginia Phillips  •  George King (California)  •  Consuelo Marshall  •  Manuel Real  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Jr.  •  William Byrne, Jr.  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Andrew Hauk  •  Irving Hill  •  

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Federal judges nominated by George W. Bush
2001

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2002

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2003

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2004

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2005

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2006

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2007

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2008

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