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Thelton Eugene Henderson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Senior status since November 28, 1998.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- May 9, 1980
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 10, 1980
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 24, 1980
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 26, 1980
- Commissioned
- June 30, 1980
- Senior status
- Since November 28, 1998
- 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. Army corporal, 1956-1958
- Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1962-1963
- Private practice, Oakland, California, 1964-1966
- Directing attorney, East Bayshore Neighborhood Legal Center, East Palo Alto, California, 1966-1969
- Assistant dean, Stanford Law School, 1968-1977
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1977-1980
- Associate professor, Golden Gate University School of Law, 1978-1980
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