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'''Vince Girdhari Chhabria''' (born November 27, 1969) is a [[United States federal judge|United States District Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] and formerly a Deputy City Attorney at the [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] City Attorney's Office.


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'''Vince Girdhari Chhabria''' (born November 27, 1969) is a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] and formerly a deputy city attorney at the [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] City Attorney's Office.
==Biography==


==Early life and education==
Chhabria was born in 1969 in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] to an Indian father from Mumbai <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/113thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/Chhabria-Senate-Questionnaire-Final.pdf|title=Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire|publisher=}}</ref> and a Canadian mother, born in Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=camille-chhabria&pid=180123339|title=Camille Chhabria}}</ref> He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1991 from the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]]. He received a [[Juris Doctor]] in 1998 from the [[UC Berkeley School of Law|University of California, Berkeley School of Law]], graduating [[Order of the Coif]]. He served as a [[law clerk]] to Judge [[Charles R. Breyer]] of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, from 1998 to 1999. He clerked for Judge [[James R. Browning]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]], from 1999 to 2000. In 2001, he worked as an associate at the law firm of Keker & Van Nest, LLP. From 2001 to 2002, he clerked for Justice [[Stephen G. Breyer]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]]. From 2002 to 2004, he worked as an associate at the law firm of [[Covington & Burling]], LLP. From 2005 to 2013, he served in the San Francisco City Attorney's Office, finally as Deputy City Attorney for Government Litigation and as the Co-Chief of Appellate Litigation.<ref name="Whitehouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/25/president-obama-nominates-six-serve-united-states-district-court|title=President Obama Nominates Six to Serve on the United States District Court|date=25 July 2013|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="fjc.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/chhabria-vince-girdhari|title=Chhabria, Vince Girdhari – Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}</ref>

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[[File:Chabria Sitting on Bench.jpg|thumb|Vince Chhabria taking his seat on the bench]]
Chhabria was born in 1969 in [[San Francisco]] to an [[India]]n immigrant father from [[Mumbai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/113thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/Chhabria-Senate-Questionnaire-Final.pdf|title=Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire}}</ref> and a [[French Canadian]] mother, born in [[Quebec]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=camille-chhabria&pid=180123339|title=Camille Chhabria|website=[[Legacy.com]] }}</ref>

He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1991 from the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]]. He received a [[Juris Doctor]] in 1998 from the [[UC Berkeley School of Law]], graduating [[Order of the Coif]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-14 |title=Supreme Accomplishment: Alumni Trio to Clerk at Nation's Highest Court |url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/supreme-accomplishment-alumni-trio-to-clerk-at-nations-highest-court/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Berkeley Law |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
He served as a [[law clerk]] to Judge [[Charles Breyer]] of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, from 1998 to 1999. He clerked for Judge [[James R. Browning]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]], from 1999 to 2000.

In 2001, he worked as an associate at the law firm of Keker & Van Nest, LLP. From 2001 to 2002, he clerked for Justice [[Stephen Breyer]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]].

From 2002 to 2004, he worked as an associate at the law firm of [[Covington & Burling]], LLP.

From 2005 to 2013, he served in the [[San Francisco City Attorney]]'s Office, finally as deputy city attorney for government litigation and as the co-chief of appellate litigation.<ref name="Whitehouse">{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/25/president-obama-nominates-six-serve-united-states-district-court|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=President Obama Nominates Six to Serve on the United States District Court|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=25 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="fjc.gov">{{FJC Bio|nid=1394381|inline=yes}}</ref>
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[[File:Chhabria Sitting on Bench.jpg|thumb|Vince Chhabria taking his seat on the bench]]


==Federal judicial service==
==Federal judicial service==
[[File:Chhabria Sworn In.jpg|thumb|District Judge Vince Chhabria receives the oath of office from Circuit Judge [[Gregg Costa]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] ''(June 26, 2014)'']]
[[File:Chhabria Sworn In.jpg|thumb|District Judge Vince Chhabria receives the oath of office from Circuit Judge [[Gregg Costa]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] ''(June 26, 2014)'']]


On July 25, 2013, President [[Barack Obama]] nominated Chhabria to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, to the seat vacated by Judge [[Susan Illston]], who assumed [[senior status]] on July 1, 2013.<ref name="Whitehouse" /> On January 16, 2014, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–5 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ExecutiveBusinessMeetingResults-01-16-2014.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting - January 16, 2014|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=October 26, 2022}}</ref> On March 5, 2014, the [[United States Senate]] invoked cloture on his nomination by a 57–43 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 5, 2014|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Vince Girdhari Chhabria, of California, to be U.S. District Judge)|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1132/vote_113_2_00055.htm|access-date=October 26, 2022|publisher=United States Senate|location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref> His nomination was confirmed later that day by a 58–41 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 5, 2014|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation Vince Girdhari Chhabria, of California, to be U.S. District Judge)|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1132/vote_113_2_00056.htm|access-date=October 26, 2022|publisher=United States Senate|location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref> He received his judicial commission on March 7, 2014.<ref name="fjc.gov"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lasnier |first=Guy |title=Senate confirms UCSC alumnus Vince Chhabria as U.S. District judge |url=https://news.ucsc.edu/2014/03/chhabria-vince.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=UC Santa Cruz News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Egelko |first=Bob |date=6 March 2014 |title=Deputy S.F. attorney Vince Chhabria confirmed as U.S. judge |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/deputy-s-f-attorney-vince-chhabria-confirmed-as-5292577.php |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=SFGate}}</ref> Chhabria was the first Indian-American judge to be appointed in California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IANS |title=Vince Chhabria to be first Indian-American judge in California |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/archives/vince-chhabria-first-indian-american-2180362 |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 March 2014 |title=Vince Chhabria to be first Indian-American judge in California |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/vince-chhabria-to-be-first-indian-american-judge-in-california-114030600941_1.html |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Business Standard}}</ref>
On July 25, 2013, [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] nominated Chhabria to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, to the seat vacated by Judge [[Susan Illston]], who took [[senior status]] on July 1, 2013.<ref name="Whitehouse" /> He was reported out of the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary]] on January 16, 2014. On March 5, 2014, the motion to invoke cloture on his nomination was agreed to by a vote of 57–43. His nomination was confirmed later that day by a vote of 58–41. He received his judicial commission on March 7, 2014.<ref name="fjc.gov"/>


===Notable rulings===
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One notable ruling by Chhabria was in the case of ''IMDb.com, Inc. v. Becerra'', in which the website [[IMDb]] sued parties including California Attorney General [[Xavier Becerra]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild]], seeking to counter a California law that barred IMDb from posting the [[birth date]]s of actors. Chhabria ruled that the California law was unconstitutional under the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/californias-imdb-age-censorship-law-declared-unconstitutional-1086540|title=California's IMDb Age Censorship Law Declared Unconstitutional|first=Eriq|last=Gardner|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 20, 2018}}</ref>


On October 3, 2016, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation appointed Chhabria to preside over the coordinated and consolidated pretrial proceedings for all product liability lawsuits filed against Monsanto in the federal court system, over failure to warn consumers and regulators that the glyphosate-based herbicide can cause non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/sites/jpml/files/MDL-2741-Initial_Transfer-09-16.pdf|title=U.S. JPML Transfer Order In Re: Roundup Product Liability Litigation|author=Eriq|date=October 3, 2016}}</ref>
On October 3, 2016, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation appointed Chhabria to preside over the coordinated and consolidated pretrial proceedings for all product liability lawsuits filed against [[Monsanto]] in the federal court system, over failure to warn consumers and regulators that the [[Glyphosate-based herbicides|glyphosate-based herbicide]] can cause [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma|non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/sites/jpml/files/MDL-2741-Initial_Transfer-09-16.pdf|title=U.S. JPML Transfer Order In Re: Roundup Product Liability Litigation|author=Eriq|date=October 3, 2016}}</ref>

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In 2018, Chhabria was the judge in the case of ''IMDb.com, Inc. v. Becerra'', in which the website [[IMDb]] sued parties including California Attorney General [[Xavier Becerra]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild]], seeking to counter a California law that barred IMDb from posting the [[birth date]]s of actors. Chhabria ruled that the California law was unconstitutional under the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gardner |first=Eriq |date=February 20, 2018 |title=California's IMDb Age Censorship Law Declared Unconstitutional |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/californias-imdb-age-censorship-law-declared-unconstitutional-1086540 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

In 2022, Chhabria presided over the sentencing of Jose Inez Garcia Zarate, an illegal alien who was acquitted of the [[killing of Kate Steinle|2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle]] in San Francisco but pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and a person illegally in the country in possession of a firearm. Chhabria sentenced Zarate, who had been in Federal prison for seven years, to time served. In sentencing Zarate, Chhabria warned, “If you return to this country again and you are back in front of me, I will not spare you. Let this be your last warning: do not return to this country.”<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jun/6/jose-inez-garcia-zarate-sentenced-to-time-served-i/ | title=Illegal immigrant sentenced to time served in Kate Steinle killing | website=[[The Washington Times]] }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Asian American jurists]]
* [[List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 2)]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 02:02, 21 June 2024

Vince Chhabria
Chhabria in 2022
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 7, 2014
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded bySusan Illston
Personal details
Born
Vince Girdhari Chhabria

(1969-11-27) November 27, 1969 (age 54)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Cruz (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

Vince Girdhari Chhabria (born November 27, 1969) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and formerly a deputy city attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney's Office.

Early life and education

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Chhabria was born in 1969 in San Francisco to an Indian immigrant father from Mumbai[1] and a French Canadian mother, born in Quebec.[2]

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991 from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He received a Juris Doctor in 1998 from the UC Berkeley School of Law, graduating Order of the Coif.[3][4]

Career

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He served as a law clerk to Judge Charles Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, from 1998 to 1999. He clerked for Judge James R. Browning of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, from 1999 to 2000.

In 2001, he worked as an associate at the law firm of Keker & Van Nest, LLP. From 2001 to 2002, he clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer of the United States Supreme Court.

From 2002 to 2004, he worked as an associate at the law firm of Covington & Burling, LLP.

From 2005 to 2013, he served in the San Francisco City Attorney's Office, finally as deputy city attorney for government litigation and as the co-chief of appellate litigation.[5][6]

Vince Chhabria taking his seat on the bench

Federal judicial service

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District Judge Vince Chhabria receives the oath of office from Circuit Judge Gregg Costa of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (June 26, 2014)

On July 25, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Chhabria to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, to the seat vacated by Judge Susan Illston, who assumed senior status on July 1, 2013.[5] On January 16, 2014, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–5 vote.[7] On March 5, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 57–43 vote.[8] His nomination was confirmed later that day by a 58–41 vote.[9] He received his judicial commission on March 7, 2014.[6][3][10] Chhabria was the first Indian-American judge to be appointed in California.[11][12]

Notable rulings

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On October 3, 2016, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation appointed Chhabria to preside over the coordinated and consolidated pretrial proceedings for all product liability lawsuits filed against Monsanto in the federal court system, over failure to warn consumers and regulators that the glyphosate-based herbicide can cause non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.[13]

In 2018, Chhabria was the judge in the case of IMDb.com, Inc. v. Becerra, in which the website IMDb sued parties including California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the Screen Actors Guild, seeking to counter a California law that barred IMDb from posting the birth dates of actors. Chhabria ruled that the California law was unconstitutional under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[14]

In 2022, Chhabria presided over the sentencing of Jose Inez Garcia Zarate, an illegal alien who was acquitted of the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle in San Francisco but pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and a person illegally in the country in possession of a firearm. Chhabria sentenced Zarate, who had been in Federal prison for seven years, to time served. In sentencing Zarate, Chhabria warned, “If you return to this country again and you are back in front of me, I will not spare you. Let this be your last warning: do not return to this country.”[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Camille Chhabria". Legacy.com.
  3. ^ a b Lasnier, Guy. "Senate confirms UCSC alumnus Vince Chhabria as U.S. District judge". UC Santa Cruz News. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  4. ^ "Supreme Accomplishment: Alumni Trio to Clerk at Nation's Highest Court". Berkeley Law. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  5. ^ a b "President Obama Nominates Six to Serve on the United States District Court". whitehouse.gov. 25 July 2013 – via National Archives.
  6. ^ a b Vince Chhabria at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  7. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting - January 16, 2014" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Vince Girdhari Chhabria, of California, to be U.S. District Judge)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. March 5, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  9. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Vince Girdhari Chhabria, of California, to be U.S. District Judge)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. March 5, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  10. ^ Egelko, Bob (6 March 2014). "Deputy S.F. attorney Vince Chhabria confirmed as U.S. judge". SFGate. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  11. ^ IANS. "Vince Chhabria to be first Indian-American judge in California". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  12. ^ "Vince Chhabria to be first Indian-American judge in California". Business Standard. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  13. ^ Eriq (October 3, 2016). "U.S. JPML Transfer Order In Re: Roundup Product Liability Litigation" (PDF).
  14. ^ Gardner, Eriq (February 20, 2018). "California's IMDb Age Censorship Law Declared Unconstitutional". The Hollywood Reporter.
  15. ^ "Illegal immigrant sentenced to time served in Kate Steinle killing". The Washington Times.
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