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Oct. 20, 2008

A Man of the Robe, Inspired by Men of the Sword

Federal Judge Dana Makoto Sabraw says he draws lessons from the samurai

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Dana M. Sabraw

U.S. District Court (San Diego)
Southern District Court of California
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By Ciaran McEvoy

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - U.S. District Judge Dana Makoto Sabraw lists the samurai as an inspiration for his judicial temperament during his 14 years on the bench - the last five of them as a federal judge in San Diego.

Not the swashbuckling samurai of movie lore or the volatile, hot-tempered Japanese warrior/stockbroker/psychiatrist John Belushi played on "Saturday Night Live," but the men of the shogunate who ran a... (continued)

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