On December 17, 2012, by voice vote, the United States Senate confirmed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Magistrate Judge Fernando M. Olguin to serve as a federal district judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Judge Olguin, who was nominated by President Obama on May 14, 2012, will preside over matters in Los Angeles in the Court’s Western Division.
Judge Olguin has been a magistrate judge for the Central District of California since July 2001, sitting in the Court’s Western Division. Prior to his appointment, Judge Olguin spent six years as a partner in the Pasadena-based law firm of Traber, Voorhees & Olguin, where he primarily handled civil rights and labor cases.
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