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Jennifer Leigh Thurston

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California · 2021

Jennifer Leigh Thurston, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The Senate voted 46–24 on the nomination on Dec 17, 2021 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California
    117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    46–24 · Dec 17, 2021

Education

  • California State University, BakersfieldB.S., 1989
  • California Pacific School of LawJ.D., 1997
  • Duke University School of LawLL.M., 2018

Career

Deputy county counsel, Kern County, California, 1997-2007

Biography

Jennifer Leigh Thurston (née Calderwood; born 1967) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. She previously served as the chief United States magistrate judge of the same court.

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