Audrey Collins
Audrey Collins is a judge for Division 4 of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal. She assumed office on June 28, 2014. Her current term ends on January 8, 2035.
Collins ran for re-election for the Division 4 judge of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal. She won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
Collins was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown (D) on June 28, 2014. After confirmation by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments, she replaced Steven Suzukawa on August 1, 2014.[1] Collins successfully ran for retention in 2014.[2][3]
Before joining the California Second District Court of Appeal, Collins was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She joined the federal court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). She became chief judge of the Central District of California in 2009 and served in that position until October 2012.[4][5]
Stanley Blumenfeld was nominated by President Donald Trump (R) to succeed Collins on the Central District of California. He was confirmed in 2020.
Biography
Education
Collins earned her bachelor's degree from Howard University in 1967 and her master's degree in government and public administration from American University in 1969. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1977.[4]
Professional career
- 2014 - Present: Judge, California Second District Court of Appeal
- 1994-2012:Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California
- 1978-1994: Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
- 1992-1994: Lead assistant district attorney
- 1988-1992: Assistant director of central and special operations
- 1987-1988: Head deputy, Torrance Branch Office
- 1992: Deputy general counsel, Office of the Special Adviser to the Los Angeles Police Department Board of Commissioners
- 1977: Assistant attorney, Legal Aid Foundation of Greater Los Angeles[4]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Central District of California
On the recommendation of Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, Collins was nominated by President Bill Clinton (D) on January 27, 1994, to a seat vacated by Robert Bonner, as Bonner resigned from active judicial service. Carter was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1994, on a majority voice vote and received commission on May 9, 1994.[6] Collins took senior status in October 2012 and retired from the court on August 1, 2014.[4]
Stanley Blumenfeld was nominated by President Donald Trump (R) to succeed Collins on the Central District of California. He was confirmed in 2020.
Second District Court of Appeal
Collins received an appointment to a state intermediate appellate court on June 28, 2014, when Gov. Jerry Brown chose her for the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four. She joined the court on August 1, 2014.[1]
Awards and associations
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Associations
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Elections
2022
See also: California intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 4, Audrey Collins' seat
Audrey Collins was retained to Division 4 of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal on November 8, 2022 with 73.6% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
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Votes |
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| ✔ | Yes |
73.6
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1,511,033 | ||
No |
26.4
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542,077 | |||
Total Votes |
2,053,110 | ||||
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2014
Collins was retained to the 2nd District Court of Appeal with 71.0 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Audrey Collins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy cases
Billboards lawsuit (2009)
- See also: United States District Court for the Central District of California (World Wide Rush LLC et al v. Los Angeles City of et al, 2:07-cv-00238-ABC -JWJ)
- See also: United States District Court for the Central District of California (World Wide Rush LLC et al v. Los Angeles City of et al, 2:07-cv-00238-ABC -JWJ)
Judge Collins was the presiding judge in a highly charged lawsuit involving World Wide Rush LLC and the City of Los Angeles. The lawsuit claimed that the City of Los Angeles wrongfully refused permits to approve billboards in the city. The judge disallowed the lawsuit on the basis that there was not enough evidence World Wide Rush could use to overcome reasonable doubt.[8]
Noteworthy events
Stance on judicial pay
In the fall of 2009, Judge Collins expressed concern that the federal courts were losing judges due to increased caseload and low wages. She pointed out that the Central District of California had lost eight judges since 1998, seven of whom resigned to take higher paying jobs. She urged the enactment of Senate Bill 1653, the Federal Judgeship Act of 2009, which would have authorized additional judgeships in the circuit. She also strongly recommended that judicial compensation be increased.[9][10][11] The bill however did not pass the U.S. House and never went to a vote in the U.S. Senate.[12]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Officeholder California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 4 |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., "Governor Brown Appoints Four Justices to the Second District Court of Appeal," June 28, 2014
- ↑ Judicial selection in California
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 California Secretary of State, "General Election -November 4,2014 Official Certified List of Candidates," August 28, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Judge Audrey Collins Biography," accessed November 14, 2014
- ↑ Courthouse News Service, "Ceremony Welcomes New Chief Judge in California," October 1, 2012
- ↑ THOMA, "Nomination of Audrey Collins," February 13, 2009
- ↑ California Courts, "Division Four: Associate Justice Audrey B. Collins," accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ LA Times, "Federal judge hands L.A. a billboard lawsuit victory," November 12, 2009
- ↑ The Desert Sun, "District court faces overwhelming caseload, low salaries," October 5, 2009
- ↑ Metropolitan News, "Latest Departure From District Bench Shows Need for Pay Raise," September 16, 2009
- ↑ Gavel Grab, "Chief Judge Hits 'Crisis of Retention' on Bench," October 5, 2009
- ↑ OpenCongress, "S.1653 - Federal Judgeship Act of 2009"
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California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 4 2014-Present |
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United States District Court for the Central District of California 1994-2014 |
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| 1994 |
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| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
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Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
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