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Judges and Judiciary

Nov. 12, 2011

Obama taps San Diego judge

Gonzalo P. Curiel, who battled drug cartels as a federal prosecutor and now sits on the San Diego County court, has been nominated by President Obama to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.


By Pat Broderick


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN DIEGO - Gonzalo P. Curiel, who cut his teeth battling drug cartels as a federal prosecutor and now sits on the San Diego County court, has been nominated by President Obama to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.


Prior to his 2006 appointment to the bench by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, where he has handled a range of civil and criminal issues, Curiel spent 17 years as ...

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