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William Orrick III

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William Orrick III

William Horsley Orrick III (born May 15, 1953) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He had a long career as a lawyer in private practice in San Francisco, and served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Obama administration.

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Appointed by
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Charles Breyer
Succeeded by
Eumi K. Lee
Born
William Horsley Orrick III (1953-05-15) May 15, 1953 (age 72)San Francisco, California, U.S.
Parent
mw- William H. Orrick Jr. (father)
Relatives
Howard Christian Naffziger (grandfather)Andrew Downey Orrick (uncle)
Education
Yale University (BA)Boston College (JD)

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Preceded byCharles Breyer
Preceded byCharles Breyer
Legal offices
Preceded byCharles Breyer
Legal offices
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California 2013–2023
Legal offices
Succeeded byEumi K. Lee
Legal offices
Preceded byCharles Breyer
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California 2013–2023
Succeeded byEumi K. Lee

References

  1. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California website
    https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/orrick-william-h-who/
  2. "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: William Horsley Orrick, III"
    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/William-Orrick-Senate-Questionnaire-Public-Final.pdf
  3. Julia Cheever, "SF Lawyer Follows Father's Footsteps in Federal Judgeship, Bay City News (May 15, 2013).
    http://sfappeal.com/2013/05/sf-lawyer-follows-fathers-footsteps-into-federal-judgeship/
  4. Law360
    https://www.law360.com/articles/559414/the-scion-of-san-francisco-judge-william-h-orrick-iii
  5. Reynolds Holding, William Orrick – U.S. district judge, San Francisco Chronicle (August 16, 2003).
    https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/William-Orrick-U-S-district-judge-2595886.php
  6. Marion Naffziger Orrick, San Francisco Chronicle (February 25, 1995).
    https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Marion-Naffziger-Orrick-3043619.php
  7. Bob Egelko, S.F. lawyer Andrew Downey Orrick dies, San Francisco Chronicle (February 2, 2008).
    https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-lawyer-Andrew-Downey-Orrick-dies-3228575.php
  8. "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the US District Court"
    https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/11/president-obama-nominates-two-serve-us-district-court
  9. William Orrick III at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
    https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394201
  10. Ryan J. Reilly, New Office of Immigration Litigation Chief Named, Main Justice (June 9, 2010).
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100614072924/http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/06/09/new-office-of-immigration-litigation-chief-named/
  11. Ratings of Article III Judicial Nominees, 112th Congress, American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Jud
    https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/uncategorized/2011/ratings112.pdf
  12. Nominations: Full Committee (July 11, 2012), United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/nominations-2012-07-11
  13. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – August 2, 2012"
    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ExecutiveBusinessMeetingResults-08-02-2012.pdf
  14. PN1729 — William H. Orrick III — The Judiciary, 112th Congress (2011–2012), Congress.gov.
    https://www.congress.gov/nomination/112th-congress/1729
  15. "President Obama Re-nominates Thirty-Three to Federal Judgeships"
    https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/01/03/president-obama-re-nominates-thirty-three-federal-judgeships
  16. Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 28, 2013, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ExecutiveBusinessMeetingResults-02-28-2013.pdf
  17. "On the Nomination (Confirmation William H. Orrick, III, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California)"
    https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00125
  18. "Senate confirms Orrick as federal judge"
    https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Senate-confirms-Orrick-as-federal-judge-4520478.php
  19. Bob Egelko, California shark fin ban upheld by federal judge, San Francisco Chronicle (March 26, 2014).
    https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/California-shark-fin-ban-upheld-by-federal-judge-5348461.php
  20. Chinatown Neighborhood Ass'n v. Harris, 33 F. Supp. 3d 1085 (N.D. Cal. 2014).
    https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14976155598669763328
  21. Chinatown Neighborhood Ass'n v. Harris, 794 F.3d 1136 (9th Cir. 2015).
    https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2568626277348529266
  22. Bob Egelko, PG&E settles lawsuit over pollution from old power plants in San Francisco, San Francisco Chronicle (Septemb
    https://m.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-agrees-to-clean-up-pollution-from-power-13267112.php?t=84c26ed49d
  23. San Francisco Herring Ass'n v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 81 F. Supp. 3d 847 (N.D. Cal. 2015).
    https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14024338758348168103
  24. Mayor Says She Shares Judge's Concerns About Police Department, Bay City News Service (August 22, 2019).
    https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Mayor-Says-She-Shares-Judge-s-Concerns-About-14372124.php
  25. Judge Appoints Attorney To Investigate Fatal Shooting By Officers, Bay City News Service (March 5, 2019).
    https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Judge-Appoints-Attorney-To-Investigate-Fatal-13666062.php
  26. Bob Egelko & Megan Cassidy, Federal judge criticizes Oakland for losing ground in court-ordered policing reforms, San Fr
    https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Federal-judge-blasts-Oakland-for-losing-ground-in-14369346.php
  27. "Judge issues restraining order against anti-abortion group"
    http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/01/politics/court-restraining-order-center-for-medical-progress/
  28. "Ninth Circuit Lets Contempt Sanctions of Abortion Foe Stand"
    https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-lets-contempt-sanctions-of-abortion-foe-stand/
  29. "Judge blocks part of Trump's sanctuary cities executive order"
    http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/25/politics/sanctuary-cities-injunction/
  30. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/us/judge-blocks-trump-sanctuary-cities.html
  31. Huffington Post
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/sanctuary-cities-executive-order-blocked_us_5a139666e4b0aa32975d6b3f
  32. County of Santa Clara v. Trump
    https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17149479314620758848
  33. City and County of San Francisco v. Trump
    https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3024949638263520575
  34. Bob Egelko, Trump administration ordered to enforce limits on methane gas emissions, San Francisco Chronicle (February 2
    https://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Trump-administration-ordered-to-enforce-limits-on-12704732.php
  35. State of California v. Bureau of Land Management, 286 F. Supp. 3d 1054 (N.D. 2018).
    https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2625995240954337811
  36. NPR
    https://www.npr.org/2022/04/14/1092804493/telsa-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-15-million
  37. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-judge-finds-flaws-artists-lawsuit-against-ai-companies-2023-07-19/
  38. San Francisco Chronicle
    https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Mohammed-Nuru-will-be-sentenced-today-17398030.php
  39. Mission Local
    https://missionlocal.org/2022/08/nuru-sentenced/
  40. The San Francisco Standard
    https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/07/san-francisco-restaurateur-nick-bovis-sentenced/
  41. San Francisco Chronicle
    https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/sf-corruption-scandal-nuru-bovis-sentence-18707961.php
  42. San Francisco Chronicle
    https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/sf-corruption-scandal-zuniga-sentencing-18554312.php
  43. The San Francisco Standard
    https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/21/san-francisco-corruption-recology-executive-sentenced-nuru-bribery-scandal/
  44. San Francisco Chronicle
    https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/sf-corruption-scandal-bribery-nuru-18525640.php
  45. The San Francisco Standard
    https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/05/billionaire-corruption-san-francisco-nuru-zhang-li-z-l-properties-fine/
  46. The San Francisco Standard
    https://sfstandard.com/2023/11/09/san-francisco-corruption-mohammed-nuru-balmore-hernandez-bribery/
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