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Serena Raquel Murillo

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central 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
Well Qualified

Born 1970, 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

  • Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1997
  • Deputy district attorney, Los Angeles, California, 1997-2014
  • Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 2015-2024
  • Associate justice pro tem, California Court of Appeal, Second District, 2018-2019
  • Lecturer, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2022
  • Lecturer, University of California Gould School of Law, 2022-

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