R. Gary Klausner | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
Assumed office November 15, 2002 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | William Duffy Keller |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Gary Klausner August 4,1941 Los Angeles,California,U.S. |
Education | University of Notre Dame (BA,BS) Loyola Law School (JD) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1967–1969 |
Rank | Captain |
Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Robert Gary Klausner (born August 4,1941) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Klausner was born in Los Angeles,California in 1941. [1] He graduated from Loyola High School. [2] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963 and a Bachelor of Science degree in 1964 from the University of Notre Dame. [1] He received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in 1967. [2]
Klausner served in the United States Army from 1967 to 1969, [1] serving during the Vietnam War as a captain. [2] He then was a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office from 1969 to 1974. [2] [1]
He served as a court commissioner of the Pasadena Municipal Court from 1974 to 1980. Governor Jerry Brown appointed him as a judge on the Pasadena Municipal Court in 1980. In 1985,Governor George Deukmejian elevated Klausner to the Los Angeles Superior Court bench,where he served until 2002. [2] Klausner became supervising judge of the Criminal Departments in 1991 and assistant presiding judge in 1993;he was presiding judge from 1995 to 1996. [2] In this role,Klausner opposed a merger of the municipal and superior courts. [3]
Klausner was nominated by President George W. Bush on July 18,2002,to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California to the seat vacated by William Duffy Keller. [2] Klausner,a Republican,was recommended for the post by a unanimous vote of a local bipartisan committee that screens potential judicial nominees,and his nomination was uncontroversial. [3] Klausner was rated "well qualified" by a substantial majority of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. [4] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 14,2002,by voice vote, [5] and received his commission the following day. [2]
In 2006,Klausner presided over United States v. Ancheta ,the federal prosecution of Jeanson James Ancheta of Downey,California,the first botnet-related prosecution in U.S history. Following Ancheta's guilty plea,Klausner sentenced Ancheta to 57 months in prison for various botnet-related crimes. [6] In 2016,Klausner presided over a copyright case filed by the estate of Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe against Led Zeppelin founders Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. The estate of Wolfe alleged that Wolfe was entitled to a writing credit for the song "Stairway to Heaven";Klausner ruled in April 2016 that a jury could find "substantial similarity" between the elements of the two songs. [7] In another copyright case arising from the Star Trek fan film Prelude to Axanar ,Klausner rejected various motions by both parties in January 2017,setting the stage for a civil trial on the matter to go forward. [8] [9] The parties settled the suit. [10] In August 2017,Klausner dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed by boxing fans who contended that the 2015 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao boxing match was deceptively marketed because Pacquiao failed to disclose a shoulder injury that affected his performance. Klausner ruled that fans of sporting events have no right to have the event meet their expectations for excitement. [11] In October 2017,Klausner ruled in favor of the plaintiff Coachella Music Festival in a lawsuit against the fledgling "Filmchella" film festival,finding that the names were likely to cause consumer confusion. [12]
On May 1,2020,Klausner rejected a lawsuit by the United States women's national soccer team's for equal pay,ruling there was no genuine issue of material fact that they were discriminated against in pay. [13] [14] [15]
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