Consuelo Marshall

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Consuelo Marshall
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United States District Court for the Central District of California
Tenure
2005 - Present
Years in position
20
Prior offices:
United States District Court for the Central District of California
Years in office: 1980 - 2005
Education
Bachelor's
Howard University, 1958
Law
Howard University, 1961
Personal
Birthplace
Knoxville, TN
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Consuelo Bland Marshall is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She joined the court in 1980 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter.

Early life and education

A native of Tennessee, Marshall graduated from Los Angeles City College with her associate degree in 1956. She graduated from Howard University in Washington, DC with her bachelor's degree in 1958 and her LL.B. degree in 1961.[1]

Professional career

  • 1977-1980: Judge, California Superior Courts, County of Los Angeles, Criminal Division
  • 1976-1977: Judge, Inglewood California Municipal Courts, Civil and Criminal Divisions
  • 1971-1976: Juvenile court commissioner, California Superior Courts, County of Los Angeles
  • 1968-1970: Private practice, Los Angeles, California
  • 1962-1967: Deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, California[1]

Judicial career

Central District of California

On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Alan Cranston, Marshall was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on June 20, 1980 to a seat vacated by Robert Firth as Firth assumed senior status. Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 29, 1980 on a Senate vote and received commission on September 30, 1980. Marshall served as the chief judge of the court from 2001 to 2005 before assuming senior status on October 24, 2005.[1]

Noteworthy cases

Court upholds striking of Planned Parenthood defunding law (2013)

See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC. v. TOM BETLACH, 12-17558)

Judge Marshall was a judge on a three judge panel, that included Marsha Berzon and Jay Bybee, that affirmed a ruling by U.S. District Judge Neil Wake. Wake ruled that an Arizona law, that defunded Planned Parenthood, was in violation of the Medicaid Act. In her opinion Judge Berzon wrote,

The Arizona law violates this requirement by precluding Medicaid patients from using medical providers concededly qualified to perform family planning services to patients in Arizona generally, solely on the basis that those providers separately perform privately funded, legal abortions.[2][3]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Marshall's Biography at the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. Courthouse News, "Abortion Providers Beat Arizona's Maneuvering," August 22, 2013
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
Political offices
Preceded by:
Robert Firth
Central District of California
1980–2005
Seat #12
Succeeded by:
Valerie Baker Fairbank