Terry J. Hatter Jr. | |
---|---|
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
Assumed office April 22, 2005 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
In office 1998–2001 | |
Preceded by | William Matthew Byrne Jr. |
Succeeded by | Consuelo Bland Marshall |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
In office December 20,1979 –April 22,2005 | |
Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629 |
Succeeded by | Philip S. Gutierrez |
Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court | |
In office 1977–1980 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicago,Illinois,U.S. | March 11,1933
Education | Wesleyan University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Terry Julius Hatter Jr. [1] (born March 11,1933) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Hatter was born on March 11,1933, [2] in Chicago. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in 1954 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 1960. He was a United States Air Force NCO-In-Charge from 1955 to 1956. He was an adjudicator for the United States Veterans Administration in Chicago from 1960 to 1961. Hatter was in private practice in Chicago from 1961 to 1962. He was an assistant public defender in Cook County,Illinois from 1961 to 1962. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of California from 1962 to 1966. He was a Special Assistant United States Attorney of Eastern District of California from 1965 to 1966. He was Chief Counsel of the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation from 1966 to 1967. He was regional legal services director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in San Francisco,California from 1967 to 1970. He was Executive Director of the Western Center on Law and Poverty in Los Angeles,California from 1970 to 1973. He was an associate clinical professor of law at the USC Gould School of Law from 1970 to 1974. He was a Professor of law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles from 1973 to 1975. He was a special assistant to the mayor and director of criminal justice planning in Los Angeles from 1974 to 1975. He was a special assistant to the mayor and director of urban development in Los Angeles from 1975 to 1977. Hatter was a judge of the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County from 1977 to 1980. [3]
Hatter was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on September 28,1979,to the United States District Court for the Central District of California,to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19,1979,and received his commission on December 20,1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1998 to 2001. [4] [5] [6] He assumed senior status on April 22,2005. [3]
The United States District Court for the Central District of California is a federal trial court that serves over 19 million people in Southern and Central California,making it the most populous federal judicial district. The district was created on September 18,1966. Cases from the Central District are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Along with the Central District of Illinois,the court is the only district court referred to by the name "Central" –all other courts with similar geographical names instead use the term "Middle."
Raymond Corley Fisher was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Thelton Eugene Henderson is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He has played an important role in the field of civil rights as a lawyer,educator,and jurist.
Stephen Spangler Trott is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Irma Elsa Gonzalez is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California,who was the first Mexican-American female federal judge. She is married to former federal prosecutor and trial attorney Robert S. Brewer Jr. who served as the U.S. attorney for Southern California from 2019 to 2021.
Arthur Lawrence Alarcón was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Garland Ellis Burrell Jr. is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Audrey Brodie Collins is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal for the State of California since 2014. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 1994 to 2014.
Jesse William Curtis Jr. was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Philip Steven Gutierrez is an American lawyer who is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Irving Hill was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Harry Aaron Hollzer was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Consuelo Bland Marshall is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Manuel Lawrence Real was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He was appointed in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Albert Lee Stephens Jr. was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
AndréBirotte Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and previously served as United States Attorney for the Central District of California. On July 22,2014,the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Birotte to serve as a district judge in Los Angeles after being nominated by President Barack Obama.