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Benjamin Jerome Cheeks
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Active service.
Confirmed 49 to 47Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- November 18, 2024
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 20, 2024
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 12, 2024
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 49 to 47
- Confirmed
- December 20, 2024
- Commissioned
- January 9, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1977, 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.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Assistant district attorney, New York City, 2003-2010
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 2010-2013
- Adjunct professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2012-2013
- Private practice, San Diego, California, 2013-2024
- Adjunct professor, California Western School of Law, 2014-2022
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