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Kenly Kiya Kato
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 3, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 9, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 46
- Confirmed
- November 7, 2023
- Commissioned
- November 17, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1972, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Robert M. Takasugi, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1996-1997
- Federal Public Defender's Office, Central District of California, 1997-2003; research and writing attorney, 1997-1998; deputy federal public defender, 1998-2003
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2003-2004
- Private practice, Palm Desert, California, 2004-2014
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