Richard Gus Seeborg[1] (born November 4, 1956) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He formerly served as a United States magistrate judge in the same district.
Richard Seeborg | |
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.jpg) Seeborg in 2019 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
| Assumed office February 1, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Phyllis J. Hamilton |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
| Assumed office January 4, 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Maxine M. Chesney |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
| In office February 9, 2001 – January 4, 2010 | |
| Succeeded by | Donna Ryu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Gus Seeborg November 4, 1956 Landstuhl, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
Early life and education
editSeeborg was born in 1956 in Landstuhl town, Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany.[2]
Seeborg received a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude with a major in history from Yale University in May 1978 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1981.[3]
From 1981 to 1982, Seeborg served as a law clerk to Judge John H. Pratt of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[3][4]
Career
editIn 1982, Seeborg joined the San Francisco law firm of Morrison & Foerster as an associate.[3] He became a partner with the firm in 1987.[3] In 1991, Seeborg left Morrison & Foerster to become an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of California in San Jose, California.[3] He served in that post until 1998, when he returned to Morrison & Foerster, working as a partner and focusing on a litigation practice in the fields of securities, intellectual property, and general commercial matters.[3][4]
Federal judicial service
editOn February 9, 2001, Seeborg became a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.[3][4]
On August 7, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Seeborg to be a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.[5] On October 15, 2009, the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary voted to send Seeborg's nomination to the full Senate.[6] The Senate confirmed Seeborg by unanimous consent on December 24, 2009. He received his commission on January 4, 2010.[4] He became chief judge on February 1, 2021, after Phyllis J. Hamilton assumed senior status.[7]
Notable rulings
edit- On March 6, 2019, Seeborg ruled that United States Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross could not add a question about citizenship to the 2020 United States Census.[8][9]
- On April 8, 2019, Seeborg ruled that non-Mexican asylum seekers did not have to stay in Mexico while awaiting their court proceedings.[10]
Personal
editSeeborg resides in San Francisco, California.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 23, 2009.
- ^ "Chief District Judge Richard Seeborg". United States District Court Northern District of California. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Hon. Richard G. Seeborg". www.legalspan.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Richard Seeborg at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ President Obama Nominates Edward Milton Chen, Dolly Gee and Richard Seeborg to Serve on the District Court Bench Archived September 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, whitehouse.gov (August 7, 2009).
- ^ a b Mintz, Howard (October 17, 2009). "Senate Judiciary Committee votes to confirm two Bay Area federal judge nominees". Contra Costa Times.
- ^ "Chief District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton Assumes Senior Status" (Press release). Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ Barbash, Fred (March 6, 2019). "Wilbur Ross broke law, violated Constitution in census decision, judge rules". Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ Wallace, Gregory (March 6, 2019). "Second federal court strikes citizenship question from 2020 census". CNN. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ Hesson, Ted (April 8, 2019). "Judge halts Trump administration's 'remain in Mexico' policy". POLITICO. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
External links
edit- Richard Seeborg at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Richard Seeborg at Ballotpedia