Oct. 7, 2026
Senior Judge Jeffrey White to retire from Northern District bench
The George W. Bush appointee, the Northern District of California's last serving Republican-appointed judge, will retire Dec. 31 after 24 years on the bench.
The dodo is gone, and soon, too, will be the last Republican-appointed federal judge serving in the Northern District of California.
Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White will retire Dec. 31 after 24 years on the Northern District bench, the court announced Sept. 29.
White's upcoming departure is also a reminder of a less partisan era of judicial appointments, particularly at the district court level, when judges sometimes retired knowing their seats could be fi...
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