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Diane Joyce Humetewa

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Active service.

Confirmed 96 to 0Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Barack Obama
Nominated
January 6, 2014
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
January 28, 2014
Committee action
Reported (favorably), February 27, 2014
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 96 to 0
Confirmed
May 14, 2014
Commissioned
May 16, 2014
American Bar Association rating
Qualified

Born 1964, 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

  • Deputy counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1993-1996
  • Counsel to the deputy attorney general, Office of Tribal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-1998; special assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1997-1998
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1998-2007; senior litigation counsel, 2001-2007; U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (on detail), 2005-2006
  • Judge, Hopi Appellate Court, Keams Canyon, Arizona, 2002-2007
  • U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona, 2007-2009
  • Acting chief prosecutor, The Hopi Tribe, Keams Canyon, Arizona, 2009
  • Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 2009-2011
  • Professor of practice, Arizona State University College of Law, 2011-2014
  • Special advisor to the president and special counsel, Office of General Counsel, Arizona State University, 2011-2014

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