Politics & Government
Biden Announces Nominations For Open Judicial Seats In SD Fed Court
President Joe Biden nominated two local judges to fill open seats in U.S. District Court in San Diego.
SAN DIEGO, CA — President Joe Biden announced his nominations Thursday of two local judges to fill open seats in U.S. District Court in San Diego.
The nominations of U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew G. Schopler and San Diego Superior Court Judge James E. Simmons were among eight nominees for federal judicial seats announced Thursday.
Schopler has served as a magistrate judge in San Diego since 2016. Prior to that, he served as a local assistant U.S. attorney from 2004 to 2016 and was previously in private practice in North Carolina.
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Simmons is the supervising judge for the superior court's North County branch in Vista. He has been a judge there since 2017 and previously served as a deputy district attorney for the San Diego County District Attorney's Office from 2006 until 2017. Simmons was also a deputy city attorney in the San Diego City Attorney's Office in 2005.
— City News Service
