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James Donato
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Active service.
Confirmed 90 to 5Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 6, 2014
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 16, 2014
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 90 to 5
- Confirmed
- February 25, 2014
- Commissioned
- February 26, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1960, 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. Procter R. Hug, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-1989
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1990-1993, 1996-2014
- Deputy city attorney, San Francisco, California, 1993-1996
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