Saundra Brown Armstrong
Senior Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office March 23, 2012
Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California
In office June 18, 1991 – March 23, 2012
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	William Austin Ingram
Succeeded by	Jon S. Tigar
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-23)March 23, 1947 (age 78) Oakland, California, U.S.
Education	Merritt College (AA) California State University, Fresno (BA) University of San Francisco (JD) Pacific School of Religion (MDiv)

Saundra Brown Armstrong (born March 23, 1947) is aseniorUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Born inOakland,California, Armstrong received anAssociate of Arts degree fromMerritt College in 1967 and aBachelor of Arts degree fromCalifornia State University, Fresno in 1969. She was the first blackpolicewoman in theOakland Police Department where she served from 1970 to 1977.^[1][2] She then received aJuris Doctor from theUniversity of San Francisco School of Law in 1977. She was a judicial extern, California Court of Appeals in 1977, and was a deputy district attorney inAlameda County, California from 1978 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1982. From 1979 to 1980, she was a senior consultant to the California Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice. She was a trial attorney of Public Integrity Section of theUnited States Department of Justice from 1982 to 1983, and then served as a Commissioner on theConsumer Product Safety Commission from 1983 to 1986, and on theUnited States Parole Commission from 1986 to 1989. She was a Judge on the Alameda Superior Court, California from 1989 to 1991.^[3]

On April 25, 1991, Armstrong was nominated by PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated byWilliam Austin Ingram. She was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on June 14, 1991, and received her commission on June 18, 1991. She earned aMaster of Divinity (M.Div.) from thePacific School of Religion in 2012 and she assumedsenior status on March 23, 2012.^[3]

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• Saundra Brown Armstrong at theBiographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of theFederal Judicial Center.

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