Saundra Brown Armstrong
Saundra Brown Armstrong | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
| Assumed office March 23, 2012 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
| In office June 18, 1991 – March 23, 2012 | |
| Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | William Austin Ingram |
| Succeeded by | Jon S. Tigar |
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| Born | March 23, 1947 ) |
Saundra Brown Armstrong (born March 23, 1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Education and career
Born in
Consumer Product Safety Commission from 1983 to 1986, and on the United States Parole Commission from 1986 to 1989. She was a Judge on the Alameda Superior Court, California from 1989 to 1991.[2]
Federal judicial service
On April 25, 1991, Armstrong was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by William Austin Ingram. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 14, 1991, and received her commission on June 18, 1991. She earned a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from the Pacific School of Religion in 2012 and she assumed senior status on March 23, 2012.[2]
See also
- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
- List of first women lawyers and judges in California
References
- ^ Saundra Brown, the first black woman on the Oakland police force, gets instructions on how to shoot a shotgun, 1970 rarehistoricalphotos.com,
- ^ a b "Armstrong, Saundra Brown - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
Sources
- Saundra Brown Armstrong at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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