Eastern District of California (Sacramento)
SACRAMENTO — U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah L. Barnes had the kind of legal mentor most aspiring attorneys could only dream of.
But the circumstances that found her living in the home of U.S. District Judge Harry L. Hupp during her late teens were less than ideal.
Barnes left her parents’ home in the San Fernando Valley when she was just 14 to escape a family history of drug use and vi... (continued)
