P. Casey Pitts

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P. Casey Pitts
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Assumed office
July 7, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byLucy Koh
Personal details
Born
Patrick Casey Pitts

1980 (age 43–44)
Moorhead, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA, JD)

Patrick Casey Pitts (born 1980)[1] is an American lawyer from California who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Education

Pitts received a

Yale Law Journal.[3][failed verification
]

Career

Pitts served as a

associate at the firm from 2009 to 2017.[2]

Notable cases

In 2010, Pitts was part of the legal team that represented the

substitute teachers. In the spring of 2010, the district again faced a budget shortfall. It proposed a second RIF that would include permanent as well as probationary teachers.[4][5][6]

In 2013, Pitts, Altshuler Berzon, Stephen Berzon and Scott Kronland represented the

Ralphs Grocery Company. Beginning in October 2008, non-employee representatives of respondent, defendant United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 8, began an informational picket line in front of the Foods Co store. Allegations included the picketing involved carrying placards, distributing leaflets, and attempting to engage Foods Co shoppers in conversations to inform them that Foods Co workers did not receive the benefits they would under a union contract. In addition, there were allegations of confrontations between picketers and store employees and of occasional aggressive efforts by picketers to give handbills to customers who were not willing to receive them. Alleging that the picketers refused to obey the rules appellant had established for presence on the property, and alleging that the police department was unwilling to remove the picketers from the property, appellant filed a complaint in February 2009 for declaratory and injunctive relief and for damages arising from respondent's picketers' continued presence.[7][8]

In 2015, Pitts was part of the legal team that represented Tristan Broussard. Broussard is a

consumer loan company, headquartered in Mississippi, with branches in five states, including Louisiana. Broussard's employment was terminated by the company.[9][10]

In 2020, Pitts was part of the legal team that represented the defendant union in Jenni Chambers' case against the

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees International Union. The plaintiffs were public employees in Oregon, while the defendants were unions or their affiliates that exclusively represent Plaintiffs in the public workplace. The unions negotiated collective bargaining agreements ("CBAs") with the plaintiffs' public employers. These CBAs established the terms and conditions of employment for the relevant bargaining units. Although the plaintiffs were not members of the unions, Oregon law had previously required plaintiffs to pay compulsory union fees, often by automatic deduction from plaintiffs' wages, to the unions as a condition of plaintiffs' public employment. In addition, certain provisions in plaintiffs' respective CBAs reinforced this obligation. Plaintiffs did not consent to paying these fees to the Unions.[11]

Federal judicial service

On September 2, 2022, President

Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. He was renominated on January 23, 2023.[14] On February 9, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–9 vote.[15] On June 14, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 53–46 vote.[16] Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 53–46 vote.[17] He received his judicial commission on July 7, 2023.[18] Pitts became the only LGBT Article III judge actively serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.[2][19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "President Biden Names Twenty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "P. Casey Pitts". Altshuler Berzon LLP. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "Reed v. United Teachers Los Angeles, 208 Cal.App.4th 322".
  5. ^ "Sharail Reed et al v. United Teachers Los Angeles". www.anylaw.com.
  6. ^ "Reed v. State of California". ACLU of Southern California. April 19, 2005.
  7. ^ "Ralphs Grocery Co. V. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 8, No. F058716".
  8. ^ "Ralphs Grocery Co. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 8". Justia Law.
  9. ^ "Broussard v. First Tower Loan, LLC, 150 F. Supp. 3d 709".
  10. ^ "Civil Rights Groups Sue National Finance Company for Illegally Firing Transgender Employee". National Center for Lesbian Rights.
  11. ^ "Chambers v. Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty., & Mun. Emps. Int'l Union, 450 F. Supp. 3d 1108".
  12. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 6, 2022.
  13. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. December 12, 2022.
  14. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 23, 2023.
  15. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  16. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: P. Casey Pitts to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California)". United States Senate. June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  17. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: P. Casey Pitts, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California)". United States Senate. June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  18. ^ P. Casey Pitts at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  19. ^ Adler, Madison (September 2, 2022). "Montana Law Professor Is Biden's Pick for Ninth Circuit Seat". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved September 2, 2022.

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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
2023–present
Incumbent