Jacqueline Nguyen

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Jacqueline Nguyen

Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen ( Vietnamese Nguyễn Hồng Ngọc , * 1965 in Đà Lạt , Vietnam ) is a US federal judge at the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th District (seat: San Francisco ). After Antonin Scalia's death in February 2016, she was named by several media outlets as a potential candidate for the United States Supreme Court .

Life

Childhood, adolescence and study time

Born as Hong-Ngoc Thi Nguyen ( Vietnamese Nguyễn Hồng Ngọc ) in Vietnamese Đà Lạt, Nguyen, daughter of a major in the South Vietnamese Army who worked closely with US intelligence officials, came after the surrender of the Republic of (South) Vietnam at the age of 10 years in the United States. The family initially lived in an army tent on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton for several months . Eventually they moved to La Crescenta-Montrose in the greater Los Angeles area . Later her family opened a donut load in California Glendale , worked in the Nguyen during her school years.

Nguyen graduated from Occidental College with a bachelor's degree in English in 1987 . She graduated from the UCLA School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree in 1991 .

Working life

From 1991 to 1995 Nguyen worked for the law firm Musick, Peeler & Garrett, which specializes in civil suits. In particular, she focused on the areas of trade disputes, intellectual property and construction defects.

From 1995 to August 2002, she served as Assistant to the United States Attorney for the Central District of California in the Department of Public Service Corruption and Government Crime, overseeing fraud complaints for the United States Department of Defense . In recent years at the agency, she has also served as the assistant to the head of the General Crimes Division and trained new prosecutors in the Central District.

In August 2002, Nguyen was appointed a judge at the Superior Court of Los Angeles County by then California Governor Gray Davis . Nguyen was the first woman of Vietnamese descent to serve as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Their office was in Alhambra .

Federal judge

United States District Court for the Central District of California

On July 31, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Nguyen to succeed the resigned Nora Margaret Manella for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Senator Dianne Feinstein had approved of Nguyen's nomination. Nguyen appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 23, and her nomination was announced on October 15. On December 1, 2009, the United States Senate upheld it with 97 votes to 0. On May 14, 2012, her service at the District Court ended on appeal to the Court of Appeals.

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

On September 22, 2011, Obama nominated Nguyen for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Senate confirmed Nguyen with 91-3 votes on May 7, 2012, and received her appointment on May 14, 2012.

She is the first female judge of Asian descent to serve on a federal appeals court in the United States. She is also the first woman of Vietnamese descent to become a federal judge and the first federal judge of Asia-Pacific descent in California. As early as 2012, she was under discussion as a candidate for the United States Supreme Court.

Private life

Nguyen's husband, Pio S. Kim, was also a federal prosecutor. He now works for a law firm.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Biographical Directory of Federal Judges - Nguyen, Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc. Accessed February 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Potential Supreme Court Nominees. In: The New York Times. February 14, 2016, accessed February 27, 2016 .
  3. ^ Asian-Americans Await Possible Supreme Court Nominee. In: voanews.com. February 21, 2016, accessed February 28, 2016 .
  4. ^ A b c d e f g h Robert Greene: Davis Names Assistant US Attorney Jacqueline Nguyen To Fill Vacancy on Los Angeles Superior Court. In: Metropolitan News-Enterprise. August 14, 2002, accessed February 27, 2016 .
  5. ^ A b c d Sarah Garvey: Daily Journal profiles Hon. Jacqueline Nguyen. In: Los Angeles Daily Journal. December 9, 2003, archived from the original on February 10, 2006 ; accessed on February 27, 2016 (English).
  6. ^ A b Rhea Borja: Jacqueline Nguyen '87 Appointed to Federal Bench. In: Occidental College: News & Events. December 1, 2009, archived from the original on December 13, 2009 ; accessed on February 27, 2016 (English).
  7. ^ Jean Guccione: 2 Asian American Women Named as Judges. In: Los Angeles Times . August 18, 2002, accessed February 27, 2016 .
  8. ↑ a b c d e f President Obama Nominates Abdul K. Kallon and Jacqueline H. Nguyen to Serve on the District Court Bench. (No longer available online.) In: whitehouse.gov. The White House: Office of the Press Secretary, July 31, 2009, archived from the original August 9, 2009 ; accessed on February 27, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.whitehouse.gov
  9. ↑ a b Kenneth Ofgang: Obama Nominates Nguyen to US District Court. In: Metropolitan News-Enterprise. August 3, 2009, accessed February 27, 2016 .
  10. ^ Judicial Nomination Materials: 111th Congress. In: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Archived from the original on November 4, 2009 ; accessed on February 27, 2016 (English).
  11. ^ President Obama Nominates Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen to Serve on the United States Court of Appeals. In: whitehouse.gov. September 22, 2011, accessed February 27, 2016 .
  12. ^ US Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress - 2nd Session. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012 ; accessed on February 27, 2016 .
  13. ^ Feinstein Announces Confirmation of Judge Jacqueline Nguyen. May 7, 2012, accessed February 28, 2016 .
  14. ↑ CAPAC Chair Judy Chu Commends President on Nomination of Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen to Federal Appellate Court. September 22, 2011, accessed on February 28, 2016 (English).
  15. ^ Greg Stohr: Obama's Victory Creates New Chance to Mold US Supreme Court. In: Bloomberg.com. November 9, 2012, accessed February 28, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Nguyen, Jacqueline
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nguyen, Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US federal judge
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Da Lat , Vietnam