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Terry J. Hatter, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Senior status since April 22, 2005.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- September 28, 1979
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- December 12, 1979
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 18, 1979
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 19, 1979
- Commissioned
- December 20, 1979
- Senior status
- Since April 22, 2005
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1933, 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
- U.S. Air Force NCO-in-charge, 1955-1956
- Adjudicator, U.S. Veterans Administration, Chicago, Illinois, 1960-1961
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1961-1962
- Assistant public defender, Cook County, Illinois, 1961-1962
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of California, 1962-1966
- Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of California, 1965-1966
- Chief counsel, San Francisco [California] Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, 1966-1967
- Regional legal services director, Office of Economic Opportunity, San Francisco, California, 1967-1970
- Executive director, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Los Angeles, California, 1970-1973
- Associate clinical professor of law, University of Southern California Law Center, 1970-1974
- Professor of law, Loyola University, Los Angeles, California, 1973-1975
- Special assistant to the mayor, Los Angeles, California, 1974-1977; director of criminal justice planning, 1974-1975; director of urban development, 1975-1977
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1977-1980
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