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The United States District Court for the Central District of California (in case citations, C.D. Cal.; commonly referred to as the CDCA or CACD) is a federal trial court that serves over 19 million people in Southern and Central California, making it the most populous federal judicial district. [1] The district was created on September 18, 1966.
Serena Raquel Murillo (born 1970) [3] is an American lawyer who is the designate to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She has served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2015.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois was eliminated and a new United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois was created in its place on October 2, 1978. There are a few additional extinct district courts that fall into neither of the above two patterns.
An Eastern District was created on March 3, 1905 by 33 Stat. 992, [5] by splitting counties out of the Northern and Southern Districts. It was later eliminated in a reorganization on October 2, 1978 which replaced it with the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois District, 92 Stat. 883. [5]
Sunshine Suzanne Sykes (born 1974) [2] is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. [3] She previously served as a judge of the California Superior Court for Riverside County from 2013 to 2022.
Wu was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007 to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, [7] to a seat vacated by Judge Ronald S.W. Lew. [8] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, 2007, [7] and received his commission on April 17, 2007.
The insular areas of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands each have one Article IV territorial court. These courts are called "district courts" and exercise the same jurisdiction as district courts; however, Article IV territorial courts differ from Article III district courts in that territorial courts have ...
The insular areas of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands each have one territorial court; these courts are called "district courts" and exercise the same jurisdiction as district courts, [2] [3] but differ from district courts in that territorial courts are Article IV courts, with judges who serve ten-year ...