Daniel Calabretta
2023 - Present
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Daniel Calabretta is a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. He was nominated to the court by President Joe Biden (D) on August 1, 2022, and confirmed by the United States Senate on February 16, 2023, by a vote of 51 - 45.[1][2][3][4][5] Click here for more information on Daniel Calabretta's federal judicial nomination.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California is one of 94 U.S. District Courts. They are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.
Prior to his nomination, Calabretta was a judge of the Superior Court of Sacramento County in California. Calabretta assumed office in 2018.
Judicial nominations, appointments, and elections
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (2023-present)
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden
On August 1, 2022, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Calabretta to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.[2] Calabretta's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2023.[6] The president renominated Calabretta on the same day. He was confirmed by a 51 - 45 vote of the U.S. Senate on February 16, 2023. Calabretta received commission on February 21, 2023.[4] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Daniel Calabretta |
| Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of California |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 199 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: August 1, 2022
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| ABA Rating: Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: October 12, 2022
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| Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: December 1, 2022 (initial nomination)
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| Confirmed: February 16, 2023
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| Vote: 51 - 45
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Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Calabretta on February 16, 2023, on a vote of 51 - 45.[4] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
| Calabretta confirmation vote (February 16, 2023) | |||||||||
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| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic |
45 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
 Republican |
3 | 45 | 1 | ||||||
 Independent |
3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 51 | 45 | 4 | ||||||
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Calabretta's nomination on October 12, 2022. Calabretta was reported to the full Senate on December 1, 2022, after a 12-10 committee vote.[7]
Calabretta's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2023.[8] The president renominated Calabretta on the same day.[4] In a committee hearing on February 2, 2023, Calabretta was reported to the full Senate, after a 11-9 committee vote.[5]
Nomination
On July 29, 2022, President Joe Biden (D) announced his intent to nominate Calabretta to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The president officially nominated him on August 1, 2022.[3][2]
Calabretta's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2023.[9] The president renominated Calabretta on the same day.[4]
Calabretta was nominated to replace Judge John Mendez, who assumed senior status on April 17, 2022.[2]
Superior Court of Sacramento County
Incumbent Daniel Calabretta was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.
Biography
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Calabretta obtained a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.[10]
Career
- 2023-present: Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
- 2018-2023: Judge, Superior Court of Sacramento County, California
- 2013-2019: Deputy legal affairs secretary, Office of Governor Jerry Brown
- 2008-2013: Deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General of California
- 2005-2008: Associate, Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP
- 2004-2005: Law clerk to the Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States
- 2003-2004: Law clerk to the Hon. William Fletcher, United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit[10]
About the court
| Eastern District of California |
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| Ninth Circuit |
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| Judgeships |
| Posts: 6 |
| Judges: 6 |
| Vacancies: 0 |
| Judges |
| Chief: Kimberly Mueller |
| Active judges: Daniel Calabretta, Dale A. Drozd, Kimberly Mueller, Troy L. Nunley, Kirk Sherriff, Jennifer L. Thurston Senior judges: |
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California is one of 94 United States district courts. The district operates at courthouses in Sacramento, Fresno, Redding, Bakersfield, and Yosemite When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, based in downtown San Francisco, California, at the James R. Browning Federal Courthouse.
The Eastern District of California has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
The geographic jurisdiction of the Eastern District of California consists of all the following counties in the eastern part of the state of California.
There are five court divisions, with the two main court divisions covering the following counties:
The Fresno Division, covering Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties
The Sacramento Division, covering Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba counties
The Eastern Division hears cases from Riverside and San Bernardino counties at its Riverside courthouse.
The Bakersfield office has jurisdiction over certain cases in Inyo and Kern counties and on federal lands and National Parks. These cases are heard in courthouses in Bakersfield, at Edwards Air Force Base, and in Independence, California.
The Redding/Susanville office hears misdemeanors and petty crimes for federal lands and National Parks in four locations: Alturas, Chester, Herlong and Redding.
The South Lake Tahoe office hears misdemeanors and petty crimes for federal lands and National Parks.
The Yosemite office hears misdemeanors and petty crimes for Yosemite National Park.
To read opinions published by this court, click here.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Calabretta, Daniel Joe Powell," accessed February 16, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Congress.gov, "PN2441 — Daniel J. Calabretta — The Judiciary," accessed August 2, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The White House, "President Biden Names Twenty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees," July 29, 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Congress.gov, "PN73 — Daniel J. Calabretta — The Judiciary," accessed January 6, 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Committee on the Judiciary, "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 2, 2023," accessed February 3, 2023
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days.
- ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 1, 2022," December 1, 2022
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days.
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Cite error: Invalid
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| Preceded by John Mendez |
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