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Ferdinand Francis Fernandez
Ferdinand Francis Fernandez is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. He joined the court in 1989 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Pasadena, California, Fernandez graduated from the University of Southern California with his bachelor's degree in 1958, from the University of Southern California Law School with his J.D. in 1962, and from Harvard Law School with his LL.M. in 1963.[1]
Professional career
- 1980-1985: Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court
- 1964-1980: Private practice, Pomona, Calif.
- 1963-1964: Law clerk, Hon. William Byrne, Sr., United States District Court for the Central District of California[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
| Nominee Information |
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| Name: Ferdinand F. Fernandez |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 244 days after nomination. |
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
Fernandez was first nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 16, 1988, to a seat on the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Warren J. Ferguson. The nomination was returned to the president on October 22, 1988, as the nomination failed at the time of the sine die adjournment of the 100th Congress. Fernandez was renominated by President George H.W. Bush on February 28, 1989. The American Bar Association rated Fernandez Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Fernandez's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 11, 1989, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on May 18, 1989. Fernandez was confirmed on the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on May 18, 1989, and he received his commission on May 22, 1989. Fernandez assumed senior status on the court on June 1, 2002.[1][3][4] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Consuelo Maria Callahan.
Central District of California
Fernandez was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 19, 1985, to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Fernandez's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 31, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on September 12, 1985. Fernandez was confirmed on a voice vote of the United States Senate on October 16, 1985, and he received his commission the next day. Fernandez resigned from the district court on May 24, 1989, upon his elevation to the Ninth Circuit.[1][5] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Gary L. Taylor.
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed July 13, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 101st Congress," accessed July 13, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1361 - Ferdinand F. Fernandez - The Judiciary," accessed July 13, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 167 - Ferdinand F. Fernandez - The Judiciary," accessed July 13, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 444 - Ferdinand F. Fernandez — The Judiciary," accessed July 13, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - New Seat 98 Stat. 333 |
Central District of California 1985–1989 Seat #21 |
Succeeded by: Gary L. Taylor |
| Preceded by: Warren Ferguson |
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1989–2002 |
Succeeded by: Consuelo Maria Callahan
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Dolly 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 • 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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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||