Edward J. Garcia
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
In office
November 24, 1996 – April 29, 2023
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
In office
March 14, 1984 – November 24, 1996
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byPhilip Charles Wilkins
Succeeded byFrank C. Damrell Jr.
Judge of the Sacramento Municipal Court
In office
March 10, 1972[1] – March 1984
Personal details
Born
Edward John Garcia[2]

(1928-11-24)November 24, 1928
Sacramento, California, U.S.
DiedApril 29, 2023(2023-04-29) (aged 94)
SpouseDorothy Gernhardt[3]
EducationSacramento City College (A.A.)
McGeorge School of Law (LL.B.)
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Air Force[4]
Years of service1946–1949

Edward John Garcia (November 24, 1928 – April 29, 2023)[5] was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Education and career

Garcia was born on November 24, 1928, in Sacramento, California.[6] Garcia was in the United States Army Air Forces in the aftermath of World War II, from 1946 to 1949. He received an Associate of Arts degree from Sacramento City College in 1951 and a Bachelor of Laws from McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific in 1958. He was a deputy district attorney of Sacramento County, California from 1959 to 1972, serving as a supervisor in that office from 1964 to 1969, and chief of that office from 1969 to 1972. He was a judge on the Sacramento Municipal Court, California from 1972 to 1984.[7]

Federal judicial service

On February 16, 1984, Garcia was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California vacated by Judge Philip Charles Wilkins. Garcia was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 13, 1984, and received his commission on March 14, 1984. He assumed senior status on November 24, 1996.[7] He retired into inactive senior status on November 30, 2012.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Photo Record
  2. ^ Judge Profile: Edward John Garcia
  3. ^ Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session((-second session)) on confirmation hearings on appointments to the federal judiciary and the Department of Justice. pt.3 (1985)
  4. ^ The United States Army Air Forces became the United States Air Force in 1947.
  5. ^ Garcia, Edward J.
  6. ^ "Justices and Judges of the United States Courts". The Office. 1980 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ a b "Garcia, Edward J. – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
  8. ^ ""Federal Judge Edward J. Garcia to Retire from Court, But not Life", The Sacramento Bee, November 3, 2012". Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2012.

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Legal offices Preceded byPhilip Charles Wilkins Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California 1984–1996 Succeeded byFrank C. Damrell Jr.
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