Kenly Kiya Kato
Kenly Kiya Kato | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
Assumed office November 17, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Beverly Reid O'Connell |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
In office July 1, 2014 – November 17, 2023 | |
Succeeded by | David T. Bristow |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Kenly Kiya Kato (born 1972)[1] is an American judge who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California since 2023. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2014 to 2023.
Education
Kato is
Career
Kato served as a law clerk for Judge Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 1996 to 1997. From 1997 to 2003, she was a deputy federal public defender in the federal public defender's office in Los Angeles. From 2003 to 2004, Kato was an associate at Liner LLP in Los Angeles.[3]
From 2004 to 2014, she was a
Federal judicial service
On July 1, 2014, Kato was sworn in as a United States magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.[4]
On December 15, 2021, President
On February 1, 2022, a hearing was held before the
On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the president under
See also
References
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ a b c Raymond, Nate (February 1, 2022). "Republicans question Japanese-American judicial pick on book review". Reuters. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Kenly Kiya Kato Selected as United States Magistrate Judge for Central District Of California" (Press release). United States District Court for the Central District of California. July 1, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. January 31, 2022.
- ^ a b c Venkatraman, Sakshi (February 2, 2022). "Senate Republicans press Japanese American judge over law school article". NBC News. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ Perry S. Chen & Kenly Kiya Kato, Recent Publication: The State of Asian America: Activism and Resistance in the 1990s, 30 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 279 (1995).
- ^ Wagner, Rose (March 10, 2022). "Five approved but Central District of California nominee caught in committee split". Courthouse News Service.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 10, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2023.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kenly Kiya Kato to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Kenly Kiya Kato, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California". United States Senate. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ Kenly Kiya Kato at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
- Kenly Kiya Kato at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Kenly Kiya Kato at Ballotpedia