Daniel Calabretta
Daniel Calabretta | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California | |
Assumed office February 21, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | John Mendez |
Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court | |
In office 2019 – February 21, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Jerry Brown |
Preceded by | Cheryl C. Meegan[1] |
Succeeded by | Richard C. Miadich[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Daniel Joe Powell[3] 1978 (age 45–46) Union City, Tennessee, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic[4] |
Spouse |
Jonathan Calabretta (m. 2014) |
Education | Princeton University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Daniel Joe Calabretta (né Powell, born 1978)[5] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Early life and education
Calabretta was born in Union City, Tennessee,[6] to Kathleen G. Van Ness.[3] He was adopted by Charles L. Silber.[3] He received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 2000 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 2003.[7]
Legal and academic career
Calabretta served as a
Munger, Tolles and Olson. From 2008 to 2013, he served as a deputy attorney general in the California Department of Justice. From 2013 to 2018, he served as deputy legal affairs secretary in the Office of Governor Jerry Brown.[7] Calabretta taught a "Direct Democracy in California" course at UC Davis School of Law in 2021 and 2022 and at Lincoln Law School of Sacramento in 2022.[5]
Judicial career
State court service
In 2018,
California Governor Jerry Brown appointed Calabretta to serve as a judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court.[7][8]
Federal judicial service
On July 29, 2022, President
Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate; he was renominated later the same day.[13] On February 2, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–9 vote.[14] On February 15, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 52–46 vote.[15] On February 16, 2023, his nomination was confirmed by a 51–45 vote.[16] He received his judicial commission on February 21, 2023.[17] He is the first openly gay judge to serve on the Eastern District of California.[18][19]
Personal life
Powell married Jonathan McClean Calabretta on December 13, 2014, in Sacramento, California.[3]
See also
- List of LGBT jurists in the United States
- List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 4)
References
- ^ "Governor Brown Appoints 12 Superior Court Judges".
- ^ "Governor Newsom Announces Judicial Appointments 1.29.24".
- ^ a b c d e "Jonathan Calabretta, Daniel Powell". The New York Times. 2014-12-14.
- ^ "Governor Once Again Taps Staff, Big Law Alumni for California Bench".
- ^ a b "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ "Senate Confirms Daniel J. Calabretta for Federal Judgeship in Eastern District of California - New CAED". www.caed.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
- ^ a b c d "President Biden Names Twenty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Daniel J. Calabretta, '03: Appointed to a Judgeship in the Sacramento County Superior Court". www.law.uchicago.edu. November 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
- ^ "Biden nominates Sacramento Superior Court's Calabretta for federal judgeship". The Sacramento Bee. July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 1, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 9, 2022.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 1, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2023.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 2, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel J. Calabretta to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California)". United States Senate. February 15, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Daniel J. Calabretta, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California)". United States Senate. February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ^ Daniel Calabretta at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Raymond, Nate (July 29, 2022). "Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer in U.S. Supreme Court case to federal judgeship". Reuters. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
- ^ "Senate Confirms Judge Daniel J. Calabretta for Federal Judgeship in Eastern District of California" (PDF) (Press release). San Francisco, California: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
External links
- Daniel Calabretta at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.