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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2017, H.R. 196 [24] The more recent proposals have aimed to redefine the Ninth Circuit to cover California, Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and to create a new Twelfth Circuit to cover Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
The District was created on September 28, 1850, following the passage of the California Statehood Act on September 9, 1850. The state was divided into a Northern and Southern district. The Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 abolished the Northern and Southern districts, re-organizing California as a single circuit district.
United States Court of Appeals Building for the Ninth Circuit (enlarged ed.). United States General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service. OCLC 53969361. Ray McDevitt; Ronald M. George, Chief Justice of California (Forward) (2001). Courthouses of California: an Illustrated History. Berkeley, California: California Historical Society.
In 1981 the Vista del Arroyo was placed in the National Register of Historic Places and GSA began design work to restore the building as the southern seat of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1995, the building was renamed to honor Judge Richard Harvey Chambers , whose concept it was to bring a Federal courthouse to Pasadena.
Bea had previously been nominated in 1991 to be a federal district judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by President George H. W. Bush, but he never received a vote in the Senate. Bush nominated Bea to the Ninth Circuit on April 11, 2003. [5]
Owens taking oath of office; Being sworn in as circuit judge of the Ninth Circuit (April 25, 2014) On August 1, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Owens to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. [1] He filled the seat that was vacated by Judge Stephen S. Trott, who assumed senior status on December 31, 2004. [7]
On August 1, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Friedland to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. [2] She filled the seat that was vacated by Judge Raymond C. Fisher , who assumed senior status on March 31, 2013. [ 6 ]
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.