Michael Anello | |
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| Senior Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California | |
| Assumed office October 31, 2018 | |
| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California | |
| In office October 10, 2008 – October 31, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Napoleon A. Jones Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Robert S. Huie |
| Judge of the San Diego Superior Court | |
| In office 1998–2008 | |
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| Born | Michael Monroe Anello[1] (1943-08-16)August 16, 1943 (age 82) |
| Education | Bowdoin College (BA) Georgetown University Law Center (JD) |
Michael Monroe Anello (born August 16, 1943) is aseniorUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Born inMiami,Florida, Anello received aBachelor of Arts degree fromBowdoin College in 1965 and aJuris Doctor fromGeorgetown University Law Center in 1968.[2]
Anello was on active duty in theUnited States Marine Corps from 1968 to 1972, and in theUnited States Marine Corps Reserve from 1973 to 1990. He was a deputy city attorney ofSan Diego City Attorney's Office,California from 1972 to 1973. He was in private practice in San Diego from 1973 to 1998.[2]
In 1998, GovernorPete Wilson appointed Anello to a seat on the San Diego Superior Court,[3] where Anello then served until 2008. One of the final cases he presided over in that position was a suit by San Diego firefighters who claimed sexual harassment after being required to drive their fire truck in a citygay pride parade; the suit ended in ahung jury, and Anello declared amistrial.[4]
On April 30, 2008, Anello was nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California vacated byNapoleon A. Jones Jr. Anello was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on September 26, 2008, and received his commission on October 10, 2008. Anello assumedsenior status on October 31, 2018.[2]
In 2016, Anello presided over a securities fraud trial brought bySeaWorld investors who "claimed company officials misled them about the impact of the documentaryBlackfish", dismissing the suit due to an absence of evidence that the officials had knowingly misrepresented the cause of declining attendance at the park.[5]
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California 2008–2018 | Succeeded by |