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Diane Joyce Humetewa

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Born 1964.

Federal judicial service

Newest first

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Appointed by
Barack Obama (Democratic)
Nominated
Jan 6, 2014
Senate vote
96 to 0
Confirmed
May 14, 2014
Commissioned
May 16, 2014

Education

  • A.A.S., Phoenix College, 1985
  • B.S., Arizona State University, 1987
  • J.D., Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law), 1993

Career

  • Deputy counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1993-1996
  • Counsel to the deputy attorney general, Office of Tribal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-1998
  • special assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1997-1998
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1998-2007
  • senior litigation counsel, 2001-2007
  • U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (on detail), 2005-2006
  • Judge, Hopi Appellate Court, Keams Canyon, Arizona, 2002-2007
  • U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona, 2007-2009
  • Acting chief prosecutor, The Hopi Tribe, Keams Canyon, Arizona, 2009
  • Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 2009-2011
  • Professor of practice, Arizona State University College of Law, 2011-2014
  • Special advisor to the president and special counsel, Office of General Counsel, Arizona State University, 2011-2014

Other nominations

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, September 19, 2013; no Senate vote

DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026

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