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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of California: Chief Judges
Central District of California
Number of chief judges: 15 Clarke, Thurmond (1966-1970)
Stephens, Albert Lee, Jr. (1970-1979)
Hill, Irving (1979-1980)
Hauk, A. Andrew (1980-1982)
Real, Manuel Lawrence (1982-1993)
Byrne, William Matthew, Jr. (1994-1998)
Hatter, Terry J., Jr. (1998-2001)
Marshall, Consuelo Bland (2001-2005)
Stotler, Alicemarie Huber (2005-2009)
Collins, Audrey B. (2009-2012)
King, George H. (2012-2016)
Phillips, Virginia A. (2016-2020)
Carney, Cormac J. (2020)
Gutierrez, Philip S. (2020-2024)
Gee, Dolly Maizie (2024-present)
Eastern District of California
Number of chief judges: 13 Crocker, Myron Donovan (1966-1967)
MacBride, Thomas Jamison (1967-1979)
Wilkins, Philip Charles (1979-1983)
Karlton, Lawrence K. (1983-1990)
Coyle, Robert Everett (1990-1996)
Shubb, William B. (1996-2003)
Levi, David F. (2003-2007)
Burrell, Garland Ellis, Jr. (2007-2008)
Ishii, Anthony W. (2008-2012)
England, Morrison C., Jr. (2012-2016)
O'Neill, Lawrence Joseph (2016-2019)
Mueller, Kimberly Jo (2020-2024)
Nunley, Troy Lynne (2024-present)
Northern District of California
Number of chief judges: 13 Roche, Michael Joseph (1948-1958)
Goodman, Louis Earl (1958-1961)
Harris, George Bernard (1961-1970)
Carter, Oliver Jesse (1970-1976)
Peckham, Robert Francis (1976-1988)
Ingram, William Austin (1988-1990)
Henderson, Thelton Eugene (1990-1997)
Patel, Marilyn Hall (1997-2004)
Walker, Vaughn R. (2004-2010)
Ware, James (2010-2012)
Wilken, Claudia Ann (2012-2014)
Hamilton, Phyllis Jean (2014-2021)
Seeborg, Richard G. (2021-present)
Southern District of California
Number of chief judges: 19 McCormick, Paul John (1948-1951)
Yankwich, Leon Rene (1951-1959)
Hall, Peirson Mitchell (1959-1964)
Harrison, Benjamin (1959)
Mathes, William Carey (1964-1965)
Byrne, William Matthew, Sr. (1965-1966)
Carter, James Marshall (1966-1967)
Clarke, Thurmond (1966)
Kunzel, Fred (1967-1969)
Schwartz, Edward Joseph (1969-1982)
Turrentine, Howard Boyd (1982-1984)
Thompson, Gordon, Jr. (1984-1991)
Keep, Judith Nelsen (1991-1998)
Huff, Marilyn L. (1998-2005)
Gonzalez, Irma Elsa (2005-2012)
Moskowitz, Barry Ted (2012-2019)
Burns, Larry Alan (2019-2021)
Sabraw, Dana Makoto (2021-2025)
Bashant, Cynthia Ann (2025-present)