- Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on December 20, 2024.
- Previously, he was a United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, where he had served since July 2024.
- Before this, from 2013 to 2024, Judge Cheeks was a criminal defense lawyer in private practice at the Law Offices of Benjamin J. Cheeks, A.P.C.
- Earlier in his career, Judge Cheeks worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California for approximately three years.
- Prior to that, he was an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office between 2003 and 2010.
- Judge Cheeks received his J.D. from the American University, Washington College of Law in 2003 and his B.A. from the University of Miami, Florida in 2000.