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Josephine L. Staton
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Senior status since September 19, 2026.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- February 4, 2010
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 24, 2010
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 18, 2010
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 21, 2010
- Commissioned
- June 22, 2010
- Senior status
- Since September 19, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1961, 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. John R. Gibson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1986-1987
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1987-1994
- Private practice, Irvine, California, 1995-2002
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Orange, 2002-2010
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