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Stanley Blumenfeld
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 18, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byAudrey B. Collins
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
In office
June 20, 2006 – September 18, 2020
Appointed byArnold Schwarzenegger
Preceded byJohn Sandoz
Succeeded byWendy Wilcox
Personal details
Born (1962-03-07) March 7, 1962 (age 62)
Patchogue, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican[1]
EducationBinghamton University (BA)
New York University (MA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD)

Stanley Blumenfeld Jr.[2][3] (born March 7, 1962)[4] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He formerly served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2006 to 2020.

Education

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Blumenfeld received his Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton University, a Master of Arts in Spanish from New York University in 1985, and his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1988, where he served as editor-in-chief of the UCLA Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.[5]

Career

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Blumenfeld served as a law clerk to Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1988 to 1989. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California from 1989 to 1993, and a Special Assistant United States Attorney from 1993 to 1996. He practiced at O'Melveny & Myers from 1993 to 2006, where he served as co-chair of the healthcare and environmental law practice groups.[5] He is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California School of Law, where he teaches a course in Constitutional criminal procedure and criminal remedies.[5] From 2011 to 2014, he was an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School.

State judicial career

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Blumenfeld was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on June 20, 2006, to succeed John Sandoz. He was re-elected in 2014 for a term that expires in January 2021.[6] In 2020, he was re-elected unopposed. His tenure on the state court ended when he became a federal judge.

Federal judicial service

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On October 10, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Blumenfeld to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On November 13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the U.S. Senate. President Trump nominated Blumenfeld to the seat vacated by Judge Audrey B. Collins, who retired on August 1, 2014.[7]

On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 30, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Blumenfeld to the district court.[8] On February 6, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[9] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on November 13, 2019.[10] On January 3, 2020, his nomination was once again returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[11] On January 9, 2020, he was renominated to the same seat.[12] On March 5, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[13] On September 15, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 89–6 vote.[14] His nomination was confirmed later that day by a 92–4 vote.[15] He received his judicial commission on September 18, 2020.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Four Judges to the Los Angeles County Superior Court". June 20, 2006. Archived from the original on September 24, 2006.
  2. ^ Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr. Judge Profile on Martindale.com".
  4. ^ Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Volume 2 (2002 – A-R). Martindale-Hubbell. March 2002. ISBN 9781561604913.
  5. ^ a b c "President Donald J. Trump Announces Eighteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Eighteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Thirteenth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees" White House, October 10, 2018 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ "Stanley Blumenfeld – USC Gould School of Law". gould.usc.edu. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  7. ^ "Twenty Six Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, November 13, 2018
  8. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov. January 30, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2019 – via National Archives.
  9. ^ "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate", The White House, February 6, 2019
  10. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for November 13, 2019
  11. ^ "PN369 – Nomination of Stanley Blumenfeld for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019–2020)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  12. ^ "Seven Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 9, 2020
  13. ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 5, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee
  14. ^ On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stanley Blumenfeld to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California) United States Senate, September 15, 2020
  15. ^ On the Nomination (Confirmation: Stanley Blumenfeld, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California) United States Senate, September 15, 2020
  16. ^ Stanley Blumenfeld at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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Legal offices
Preceded by
John Sandoz
 Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
2006–2020 		Succeeded by
Wendy Wilcox
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
2020–present 		Incumbent
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