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Janis Lynn Sammartino
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Active service.
Confirmed 90 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- March 19, 2007
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 20, 2007
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 19, 2007
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 90 to 0
- Confirmed
- September 10, 2007
- Commissioned
- September 21, 2007
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1950, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Douglas Seely, St. Joseph County [Indiana] Superior Court, 1975-1976
- Deputy city attorney, San Diego, California, 1976-1994
- Judge, San Diego [California] Municipal Court, 1994-1995
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 1995-2007
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