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Araceli Martinez-Olguin

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Born 1977.

Federal judicial service

Newest first

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Appointed by
Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Nominated
Jan 3, 2023
Senate vote
49 to 48
Confirmed
Feb 28, 2023
Commissioned
Mar 3, 2023

Education

  • A.B., Princeton University, 1999
  • J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2004

Career

  • Law clerk, Hon. David Briones, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 2004-2006
  • Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, 2006-2010
  • fellow, 2006-2008
  • staff attorney, 2008-2010
  • Staff attorney, Legal Aid at Work, San Francisco, California, 2010-2013
  • Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2012, 2013, 2016
  • Senior staff attorney, Immigrants' Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, San Francisco, California, 2013-2015
  • Contract attorney, University of California, Irvine, School of Law (based in Oakland, California), 2015
  • Contract attorney, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Pasadena, California (based in Oakland, California), 2015
  • Civil rights attorney, U.S. Department of Education, San Francisco, California, 2016-2017
  • Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (based in San Francisco, California), 2017-2018
  • senior immigrants' rights attorney, 2017
  • managing attorney, Immigrants' Rights Project, 2018
  • National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, California (based in Oakland, California), 2018-2023
  • staff attorney, 2018-2020
  • supervising attorney, 2020-2023

Other nominations

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, August 1, 2022; no Senate vote

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

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