Michael Roche (California)
Michael Joseph Roche (1878-1964) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 21, 1935 to replace Frank Henry Kerrigan. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 23rd, and received commission August 24th. From 1948 to 1958, he was the chief judge. On March 1, 1958, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on July 1, 1964. Roche was succeeded in this position by Albert Wollenberg.
Early life and education
- Valparaiso University School of Law, LL.B., 1908
Professional career
- Private practice, San Francisco, 1908-
- Assistant district attorney, San Francisco, 1908-1910
- Judge, Municipal Court, 1910-1914
- Judge, Superior Court of California, San Francisco, 1918-1935
Judicial career
Northern District of California
Roche was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 21, 1935 to replace Frank Henry Kerrigan.[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on August 23rd, and received commission August 24th. From 1948 to 1958, he was the chief judge. On March 1, 1958, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on July 1, 1964. Roche was succeeded in this position by Albert Wollenberg.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Frank Henry Kerrigan |
Northern District of California 1935–1958 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Albert Wollenberg
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Richard Seeborg • Beth Labson Freeman • Edward J. Davila • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers • Trina Thompson • Jon S. Tigar • Jacqueline Scott Corley • James Donato • Vince Girdhari Chhabria • Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr. • Rita Lin • Eumi Lee • Araceli Martínez-Olguín • P. Casey Pitts | ||
| Senior judges |
Thelton Henderson • William Alsup (California) • Saundra Armstrong • Charles Breyer • Maxine Chesney • Phyllis Hamilton • Susan Illston • Claudia Wilken • Edward Chen • Jeffrey White • William Orrick III • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Kandis Westmore • Laurel Beeler • Nathanael Cousins • Donna Ryu • Sallie Kim • Susan van Keulen • Thomas Hixson • Alex Tse • Robert Illman • Virginia DeMarchi • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Dal Lemmon • Oliver Hamlin • Cecil Poole • Ogden Hoffman • William Morrow • John Jefferson DeHaven • William Cary Van Fleet • Maurice Timothy Dooling • John Slater Partridge • Vaughn Walker • Jeremy Fogel • Marilyn Patel • James Ware • Ronald Whyte • Frank Henry Kerrigan • Harold Louderback • Adolphus Frederic St. Sure • Michael Roche (California) • Sherrill Halbert • Thomas MacBride • Martin Welsh • Robert Aguilar (California federal judge) • Oliver Carter • Barbara Caulfield • Herbert Erskine • Monroe Friedman • Louis Goodman • George Harris (California) • William Ingram (California) • Charles Legge • Gerald Levin • Eugene Lynch • William Orrick Jr. • Robert Peckham • Charles Renfrew • Robert Schnacke • Fern Smith (California) • William Sweigert • John Vukasin • Stanley Weigel • Spencer Williams • Delwen Jensen • Samuel Conti • Patrica Trumbull • Albert Wollenberg • Alfonso Zirpoli • Lloyd Burke • Martin J. Jenkins • Lucy H. Koh (California) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Vaughn Walker • Thelton Henderson • Phyllis Hamilton • Marilyn Patel • James Ware • Michael Roche (California) • Oliver Carter • Louis Goodman • George Harris (California) • William Ingram (California) • Robert Peckham • | ||
