Araceli Martínez-Olguín | |
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| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
| Assumed office March 3, 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey White |
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| Born | 1977 (age 47–48) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
Araceli Martínez-Olguín (born 1977)[1] is a Mexican-American lawyer fromCalifornia who serves as aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Martínez-Olguín received aBachelor of Arts from thePrinceton School of Public and International Affairs in 1999 and aJuris Doctor from theUC Berkeley School of Law in 2004.[2][3]
From 2004 to 2006, Martínez-Olguín served as alaw clerk for JudgeDavid Briones of theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Texas. From 2016 to 2017, she was an attorney for theUnited States Department of Education'sOffice for Civil Rights. From 2017 to 2018, she served as the managing attorney at the Immigrants' Rights Project atCommunity Legal Services inEast Palo Alto, California.[2] From 2018 to 2023, she was the supervising attorney at theNational Immigration Law Center.[4][failed verification] She has also worked at theACLU and at theLegal Aid Society-Employment Law Center.[2][3] Martínez-Olguín was a member of theAmerican Constitution SocietyBay Area Lawyer Chapter's board of directors from 2015 to 2022.[5]
On July 29, 2022, PresidentJoe Biden announced his intent to nominate Martínez-Olguín to serve as aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California.[2] On August 1, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Martínez-Olguín to the seat vacated by JudgeJeffrey White, who assumedsenior status on February 1, 2021.[6] On September 21, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] On December 1, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[8] On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the President underRule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of theUnited States Senate; she was renominated later the same day.[9] On February 2, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–9 vote.[10] On February 28, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 48–47 vote.[11] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 49–48 vote, with the Vice PresidentKamala Harrisvoting in the affirmative.[12] She received her judicial commission on March 3, 2023.[13] She is the secondLatina to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.[14]
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California 2023–present | Incumbent |
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