Jeffrey T. Miller | |
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| Senior Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California | |
| Assumed office June 6, 2010 | |
| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California | |
| In office May 27, 1997 – June 6, 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Gordon Thompson Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Cathy Ann Bencivengo |
| Judge of the Superior Court of California, San Diego County | |
| In office 1987–1997 | |
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| Born | Jeffrey Timo Miller[1] (1943-01-14)January 14, 1943 (age 82)[2] New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse | Jada L. Corbett[2] |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA,JD) |
Jeffrey Timo Miller (born January 14, 1943) is aseniorUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Born inNew York City, Miller received aBachelor of Arts degree from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles in 1964 and aJuris Doctor from theUCLA School of Law in 1967. Miller was a deputy state attorney general of California from 1968 to 1987. He was a judge on theSan Diego County Superior Court from 1987 to 1997.
On January 7, 1997, Miller was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California vacated byGordon Thompson Jr. Miller was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on May 23, 1997, and received his commission on May 27, 1997. On June 6, 2010 he assumedsenior status.[3]
During his tenure as a federal judge, Miller has handled some noteworthy cases.[3] In 2005 he presided over a corruption case againstSan Diego City CouncilmembersRalph Inzunza andMichael Zucchet. After the jury convicted both men and a co-defendant, Miller took the unusual step of overturning the jury verdict against Zucchet and acquitting him on most of the charges, saying the evidence against him was insufficient. The ruling was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In 2012 he heard thewrongful death civil suit in the case of thecrash of a U.S. Marine jet in 2008, which killed four people in a residential area in San Diego. Trying the casewithout a jury, Miller awarded $17.8 million to the survivors.[3]
In 2013 he presided over a case against four Somali immigrants who were accused of sending money to the terrorist groupal-Shabab. The case used information gathered by a secretNational Security Agency (NSA) program for collecting telephone metadata. He sentenced the men to prison; his rulings regardingthe NSA's surveillance program were affirmed on appeal.[3]
In November 2016, Miller successfully brokered settlement talks in three separate lawsuits againstDonald Trump alleging fraudulent practices byTrump University.[3][4]
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