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Daniel Calabretta was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on February 16, 2023.
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Previously, he served as a Superior Court judge for Sacramento County, a role he had since 2019.
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He previously served as a Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary in the Office of Governor Jerry Brown from 2013 to 2018 and as a Deputy Attorney General in the California Department of Justice from 2008 to 2013. His work focused on defending state law against constitutional challenges.
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Calabretta was an associate at Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP from 2005 to 2008.
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Calabretta served as a law clerk for Justice John Paul Stevens on the United States Supreme Court from 2004 to 2005 and for Judge William Fletcher on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2003 to 2004.
- Upon confirmation Calabretta became the first openly LGBTQ judge to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
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Calabretta received his B.A. from Princeton in 2000 and J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2003.
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