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'''Charles Roberts Breyer''' (born November 3, 1941) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a [[United States federal judge|senior United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]]. Breyer served as chairman of the [[United States Sentencing Commission]] from 2018 to 2022.
[[File:Judge_Charles_Breyer_official_portrait_United_States_District_Court_by_Scott_Johnston.jpg|thumb|Judge Charles Breyer's official portrait for the U.S. District Court was painted by Scott Wallace Johnston]]
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'''Charles Roberts Breyer''' (born November 3, 1941) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a [[United States federal judge|Senior United States District Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]].


==Early life and career==
==Early life and career==


Breyer was born in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. He is the younger brother of [[Stephen Breyer]], who served as a justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] from 1994 to 2022.<ref name="Scheck">{{cite news |first=Justin |last=Scheck |title=Federal Judge Breyer Runs Up Against Brother's Supreme Court Ruling |url=https://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1125527677250 |work=The Recorder|publisher=law.com |date=September 1, 2005 |access-date=May 14, 2009}}</ref> Breyer and his older brother Stephen were active in the [[Boy Scouts of America]] and achieved the [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]] rank.<ref name="honor">{{cite book |last=Townley |first=Alvin |url=http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/TD_TitleDetail.aspx?ISBN=0312366531 |title=Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |pages=56–59 |isbn=978-0-312-36653-7 |access-date=December 29, 2006 |year=2007 |orig-year=December 26, 2006 |archive-date=December 19, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061219180428/http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/TD_TitleDetail.aspx?ISBN=0312366531 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="honor2">{{cite web |last=Ray |first=Mark |year=2007 |url=http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0701/a-what.html |title=What It Means to Be an Eagle Scout |work=[[Scouting (magazine)|Scouting]] |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |access-date=January 5, 2007 |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113011825/https://scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0701/a-what.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Born in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], Breyer attended [[Lowell High School (San Francisco)|Lowell High School]] and received an [[Bachelor of Arts|Artium Baccalaureus]] degree from [[Harvard College]] in 1963 and a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[UC Berkeley School of Law|University of California, Berkeley]] in 1966. He was a [[law clerk]] to Judge [[Oliver Carter]] of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1966 to 1967. He was a Counsel, [[Legal Aid Society]] of [[San Francisco]] in 1967, and was then an assistant district attorney for the City & County of [[San Francisco, California]], from 1967 to 1973.

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Breyer attended [[Lowell High School (San Francisco)|Lowell High School]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Harvard College]] in 1963 and a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[UC Berkeley School of Law|University of California, Berkeley]], in 1966. He was a [[law clerk]] to Judge [[Oliver Jesse Carter|Oliver Carter]] of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1966 to 1967. He was a Counsel, [[Legal Aid Society]] of [[San Francisco]] in 1967, and was then an assistant district attorney for the City & County of [[San Francisco, California]], from 1967 to 1973.


Breyer was an assistant special prosecutor on the [[Watergate Special Prosecution Force]] from 1973 to 1974, and then entered private practice in San Francisco from 1974 to 1997, interrupted by a brief stint as chief assistant district attorney of the City and County of San Francisco in 1979.
Breyer was an assistant special prosecutor on the [[Watergate Special Prosecution Force]] from 1973 to 1974, and then entered private practice in San Francisco from 1974 to 1997, interrupted by a brief stint as chief assistant district attorney of the City and County of San Francisco in 1979.


==Federal judicial service==
==Federal judicial service==
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On July 24, 1997, Breyer was nominated by President [[Bill Clinton]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] vacated by [[D. Lowell Jensen]]. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on November 8, 1997, and received his commission on November 12, 1997. He took senior status on December 31, 2011. He served as a Member of the [[United States Judicial Conference]] from 2006 to 2010. He served as a Member of the United States [[Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation]] from 2011 to 2018. He served as Vice Chair of the [[United States Sentencing Commission]] from 2013 to 2016 and as a Member of the same commission from 2017 to 2022.


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Stephen Breyer has recused himself from appeals of cases tried by his brother, including ''[[Olympic Airways v. Husain]]'', ''Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker'', ''[[United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative]]'', ''[[Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms]]'',<ref>[https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/geertson_farms_v_johanns.pdf ''Recent Case: Northern District of California Holds That Exclusive Review Provision Bars Endangered Species Act Claim in Suit over Pesticide Used on Genetically Modified Hay''], 120 Harv. L. Rev. 2222 (2007).</ref> ''Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds'' and ''City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Eugene Volokh |url=http://volokh.com/2010/02/09/o-brother-where-art-thou/ |title=O Brother, Where Art Thou? - The Volokh Conspiracy |website=Volokh.com |date=2010-02-09 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/dcdicta/2010/04/28/breyer-recused-in-monsanto-critics-ask-why-didnt-thomas/ |title=Breyer recuses self in Monsanto; Critics ask: why didn't Thomas? – DC Dicta |website=Lawyersusaonline.com |date=2010-04-28 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/amgen-inc-v-connecticut-retirement-plans-and-trust-funds/ |title=Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds |publisher=SCOTUSblog |date=2013-02-27 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/05/opinion-analysis-no-new-limit-on-police-use-of-force/ |title=Opinion analysis: No new limit on police use of force |publisher=SCOTUSblog |date=2015-05-18 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
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On July 24, 1997, Breyer was nominated by President [[Bill Clinton]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] vacated by [[D. Lowell Jensen]]. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on November 8, 1997, and received his commission on November 12, 1997. He took senior status on December 31, 2011. He served as a Member of the [[United States Judicial Conference]] from 2006 to 2010. He has served as a Member of the United States [[Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation]] since 2011. He served as Vice Chair of the [[United States Sentencing Commission]] from 2013 to 2016 and as a Member of the same commission since 2017.


===Notable cases===
===Notable cases===


Breyer presided over the [[Ed Rosenthal]] trial in 2007, in Rosenthal's federal prosecution for distribution of marijuana for medical use. This case was controversial because Breyer sentenced Rosenthal, who faced a possible sentence of one hundred years for growing marijuana, to just one day in prison.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dean E. Murphy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/05/us/marijuana-grower-sentenced-to-day-in-prison.html |title=O Marijuana Grower Sentenced to Day in Prison - The New York Times |website=nytimes.com |date=2003-05-06 |accessdate=2019-08-01}}</ref> He also presided over the stock-options backdating trial of [[Brocade Communications Systems]] CEO [[Gregory Reyes]] in 2007.
Breyer presided over the [[Ed Rosenthal]] trial in 2007, a federal prosecution for distribution of marijuana for medical use. This case was controversial because Breyer sentenced Rosenthal, who faced a possible sentence of 100 years for growing marijuana, to just one day in prison.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dean E. Murphy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/05/us/marijuana-grower-sentenced-to-day-in-prison.html |title=O Marijuana Grower Sentenced to Day in Prison - The New York Times |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=2003-05-06 |accessdate=2019-08-01}}</ref> He also presided over the stock-options backdating trial of [[Brocade Communications Systems]] CEO [[Gregory Reyes]] in 2007.


In 2014, he ruled against the City of San Francisco's legislation to protect tenants from Ellis Act evictions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Egelko |first=Bob |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-new-law-requiring-landlords-to-pay-for-5838340.php |title=Judge tosses S.F. law meant to shield evicted tenants |publisher=SFGate |date=2014-10-22 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> He presided over the 2014 criminal case involving San Francisco police theft<ref>{{cite web|last=Egelko |first=Bob |url=https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Ex-SFPD-Sgt-Ian-Furminger-gets-prison-for-6096649.php |title='Day of shame’: Ex-SFPD sergeant gets prison in scandal |publisher=SFGate |date=2015-02-23 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> and racist texting, in which his court order was blamed for the delay in releasing information.<ref>{{cite web|last=Egelko |first=Bob |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Delay-in-alerting-S-F-police-brass-about-texts-6205214.php |title=Delay in alerting S.F. police brass about texts could hurt case |publisher=SFGate |date=2015-04-17 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
In 2014, he ruled against the City of San Francisco's legislation to protect tenants from Ellis Act evictions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Egelko |first=Bob |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-new-law-requiring-landlords-to-pay-for-5838340.php |title=Judge tosses S.F. law meant to shield evicted tenants |publisher=SFGate |date=2014-10-22 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> He presided over the 2014 criminal case involving San Francisco police theft<ref>{{cite web|last=Egelko |first=Bob |url=https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Ex-SFPD-Sgt-Ian-Furminger-gets-prison-for-6096649.php |title='Day of shame': Ex-SFPD sergeant gets prison in scandal |publisher=SFGate |date=2015-02-23 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> and racist texting, in which his court order was blamed for the delay in releasing information.<ref>{{cite web|last=Egelko |first=Bob |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Delay-in-alerting-S-F-police-brass-about-texts-6205214.php |title=Delay in alerting S.F. police brass about texts could hurt case |publisher=SFGate |date=2015-04-17 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>


Following the [[Volkswagen emissions scandal]], Breyer had approved $16.5 billion settlement for US consumers. Volkswagen agreed to redeem an estimated of 475,000 polluting 2.0 diesel automobiles in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://speedlux.com/judge-breryer-volkswagen-makes-substantial-progress-toward-3-0-liter-diesel-agreement/|title=Judge Breryer: Volkswagen makes ‘substantial progress’ toward 3.0 liter diesel agreement|publisher=Speedlux|date=6 November 2016}}</ref>
Following the [[Volkswagen emissions scandal]], Breyer had approved a $16.5 billion settlement for US consumers. Volkswagen agreed to redeem an estimated 475,000 diesel automobiles in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://speedlux.com/judge-breryer-volkswagen-makes-substantial-progress-toward-3-0-liter-diesel-agreement/|title=Judge Breryer: Volkswagen makes 'substantial progress' toward 3.0 liter diesel agreement|publisher=Speedlux|date=6 November 2016}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Breyer was married to the late Sydney Goldstein,<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/12/17/DDGCU3NSTB1.DTL Sydney Goldstein]</ref> who founded [[City Arts & Lectures]] in San Francisco in 1980 and for whom the [[Nourse Theater]] was renamed in her honor after her death in 2018.<ref name="datebook.sfchronicle.com">{{cite web|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/nourse-auditorium-renamed-in-honor-of-the-late-sydney-goldstein|title=Nourse Auditorium renamed in honor of the late Sydney Goldstein|publisher=SF Chronicle Datebook}}</ref>
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Breyer is the brother of [[United States Supreme Court]] Justice [[Stephen Breyer]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Justin |last=Scheck |title=Federal Judge Breyer Runs Up Against Brother's Supreme Court Ruling |url=https://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1125527677250 |work=The Recorder|publisher=law.com |date=September 1, 2005 |access-date=May 14, 2009}}</ref> Justice Breyer has recused himself from appeals of cases tried by his brother, including ''[[Olympic Airways v. Husain]]'', ''Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker'', ''[[United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative]]'', ''[[Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms]]'',<ref>[https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/geertson_farms_v_johanns.pdf ''Recent Case: Northern District of California Holds That Exclusive Review Provision Bars Endangered Species Act Claim in Suit over Pesticide Used on Genetically Modified Hay''], 120 Harv. L. Rev. 2222 (2007).</ref> ''Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds'' and ''City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Eugene Volokh |url=http://volokh.com/2010/02/09/o-brother-where-art-thou/ |title=O Brother, Where Art Thou? - The Volokh Conspiracy |website=Volokh.com |date=2010-02-09 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/dcdicta/2010/04/28/breyer-recused-in-monsanto-critics-ask-why-didnt-thomas/ |title=Breyer recuses self in Monsanto; Critics ask: why didn’t Thomas? – DC Dicta |website=Lawyersusaonline.com |date=2010-04-28 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/amgen-inc-v-connecticut-retirement-plans-and-trust-funds/ |title=Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds |publisher=SCOTUSblog |date=2013-02-27 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/05/opinion-analysis-no-new-limit-on-police-use-of-force/ |title=Opinion analysis: No new limit on police use of force |publisher=SCOTUSblog |date=2015-05-18 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Revision as of 03:05, 1 August 2024

This article is about the U.S. federal judge. For the English soldier, see Charles Breyer (soldier).
Charles Breyer
Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission
Acting
December 2018 – August 5, 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byWilliam H. Pryor Jr.
Succeeded byCarlton W. Reeves
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 31, 2011
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
In office
November 12, 1997 – December 31, 2011
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byD. Lowell Jensen
Succeeded byWilliam Orrick III
Personal details
Born
Charles Roberts Breyer

(1941-11-03) November 3, 1941 (age 82)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
RelativesStephen Breyer (brother)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

Charles Roberts Breyer (born November 3, 1941) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Breyer served as chairman of the United States Sentencing Commission from 2018 to 2022.

Early life and career

Breyer was born in San Francisco, California. He is the younger brother of Stephen Breyer, who served as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 to 2022.[1] Breyer and his older brother Stephen were active in the Boy Scouts of America and achieved the Eagle Scout rank.[2][3]

Breyer attended Lowell High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1963 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1966. He was a law clerk to Judge Oliver Carter of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1966 to 1967. He was a Counsel, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco in 1967, and was then an assistant district attorney for the City & County of San Francisco, California, from 1967 to 1973.

Breyer was an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force from 1973 to 1974, and then entered private practice in San Francisco from 1974 to 1997, interrupted by a brief stint as chief assistant district attorney of the City and County of San Francisco in 1979.

Federal judicial service

On July 24, 1997, Breyer was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by D. Lowell Jensen. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8, 1997, and received his commission on November 12, 1997. He took senior status on December 31, 2011. He served as a Member of the United States Judicial Conference from 2006 to 2010. He served as a Member of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation from 2011 to 2018. He served as Vice Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission from 2013 to 2016 and as a Member of the same commission from 2017 to 2022.

Stephen Breyer has recused himself from appeals of cases tried by his brother, including Olympic Airways v. Husain, Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker, United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative, Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms,[4] Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds and City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan.[5][6][7][8]

Notable cases

Breyer presided over the Ed Rosenthal trial in 2007, a federal prosecution for distribution of marijuana for medical use. This case was controversial because Breyer sentenced Rosenthal, who faced a possible sentence of 100 years for growing marijuana, to just one day in prison.[9] He also presided over the stock-options backdating trial of Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes in 2007.

In 2014, he ruled against the City of San Francisco's legislation to protect tenants from Ellis Act evictions.[10] He presided over the 2014 criminal case involving San Francisco police theft[11] and racist texting, in which his court order was blamed for the delay in releasing information.[12]

Following the Volkswagen emissions scandal, Breyer had approved a $16.5 billion settlement for US consumers. Volkswagen agreed to redeem an estimated 475,000 diesel automobiles in the US.[13]

Personal life

Breyer was married to the late Sydney Goldstein,[14] who founded City Arts & Lectures in San Francisco in 1980 and for whom the Nourse Theater was renamed in her honor after her death in 2018.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ Scheck, Justin (September 1, 2005). "Federal Judge Breyer Runs Up Against Brother's Supreme Court Ruling". The Recorder. law.com. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  2. ^ Townley, Alvin (2007) [December 26, 2006]. Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 56–59. ISBN 978-0-312-36653-7. Archived from the original on December 19, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2006.
  3. ^ Ray, Mark (2007). "What It Means to Be an Eagle Scout". Scouting. Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
  4. ^ Recent Case: Northern District of California Holds That Exclusive Review Provision Bars Endangered Species Act Claim in Suit over Pesticide Used on Genetically Modified Hay, 120 Harv. L. Rev. 2222 (2007).
  5. ^ Eugene Volokh (2010-02-09). "O Brother, Where Art Thou? - The Volokh Conspiracy". Volokh.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  6. ^ "Breyer recuses self in Monsanto; Critics ask: why didn't Thomas? – DC Dicta". Lawyersusaonline.com. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  7. ^ "Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds". SCOTUSblog. 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  8. ^ "Opinion analysis: No new limit on police use of force". SCOTUSblog. 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  9. ^ Dean E. Murphy (2003-05-06). "O Marijuana Grower Sentenced to Day in Prison - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  10. ^ Egelko, Bob (2014-10-22). "Judge tosses S.F. law meant to shield evicted tenants". SFGate. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  11. ^ Egelko, Bob (2015-02-23). "'Day of shame': Ex-SFPD sergeant gets prison in scandal". SFGate. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  12. ^ Egelko, Bob (2015-04-17). "Delay in alerting S.F. police brass about texts could hurt case". SFGate. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  13. ^ "Judge Breryer: Volkswagen makes 'substantial progress' toward 3.0 liter diesel agreement". Speedlux. 6 November 2016.
  14. ^ Sydney Goldstein
  15. ^ "Nourse Auditorium renamed in honor of the late Sydney Goldstein". SF Chronicle Datebook.
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