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Gonzalo Paul Curiel
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Senior status since September 7, 2023.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- November 10, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 28, 2012
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 26, 2012
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- September 22, 2012
- Commissioned
- October 1, 2012
- Senior status
- Since September 7, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1953, 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, Dyer, Indiana, 1979-1986
- Private practice, Monterey, California, 1986-1989
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1989-2002; Deputy chief, Narcotics Enforcement Section, 1996-1997, 1998-1999; On detail to Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-1998; Chief, Narcotics Enforcement Section, 1999-2002
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2002-2006
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 2006-2012
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