Kiyo Matsumoto
Kiyo Matsumoto is a federal judge on senior status for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She joined the court in 2008 after being nominated by President George W. Bush (R).[1] She assumed senior status on July 23, 2022.[2]
Early life and education
Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Matsumoto graduated from the University of California-Berkeley with her bachelor's degree in 1976 and later from Georgetown University Law Center with a J.D. in 1981.[1]
Professional career
Matsumoto was a private practice attorney in Washington State from 1981 to 1983 before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office as assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1983 to 2004. Matsumoto served as an adjunct professor of law at New York University School of Law from 1998 to 2004.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of New York
Matsumoto was a federal magistrate judge for the Eastern District of New York in 2004 where she served a partial term until 2008.[1]
In 2008, Matsumoto was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York by President George W. Bush (R) on March 11, 2008, to a seat vacated by Edward Korman as Korman assumed senior status. Matsumoto was confirmed by the Senate on July 17, 2008, on a majority vote and received commission on July 22, 2008.[3] She assumed senior status on July 23, 2022.
See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Kiyo Matsumoto at the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ United States Courts, "Future Judicial Vacancies," accessed February 11, 2022
- ↑ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ntquery/D?nomis:1:./temp/ nomisuC8oDM:: THOMAS, "Kiyo Matsumoto USDC, EDNY confirmation:PN1458-110," accessed June 9, 2015]
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| Preceded by Edward Korman |
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 2008-2022 |
Succeeded by Ramon Reyes Jr. |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Margo Brodie • Roslynn Mauskopf • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Ann M. Donnelly • Pamela Ki Mai Chen • Gary R. Brown (Federal judge) • LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall • Diane Gujarati • Eric Komitee • Rachel Kovner • Sanket Bulsara • Hector Gonzalez (New York) • Nina Morrison • Nusrat Choudhury • Natasha Merle • Orelia Merchant | ||
| Senior judges |
Raymond Dearie • Leo Glasser • Denis Hurley • Edward Korman • Carol Amon • Brian Cogan • Nicholas Garaufis • Nina Gershon • Dora Irizarry • Kiyo Matsumoto • Allyne Ross • Joanna Seybert • Eric Vitaliano • Joan Azrack • Frederic Block • William Kuntz • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Arlene Lindsay • Roanne Mann • Cheryl Pollak • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Vera Scanlon • Steven Locke • Peggy Kuo • Steven Tiscione • Anne Shields • James Wicks • James R. Cho • Taryn A. Merkl • Marcia Henry • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Sterling Johnson • Thomas Platt • Charles Sifton • Arthur Spatt • David Trager • Jack Weinstein • Leonard Wexler • Joseph Bianco • Sandra Feuerstein • John Gleeson • Sandra Townes • Frank Altimari • Charles Linnaeus Benedict • Joseph McLaughlin (Second Circuit) • Reena Raggi • George Pratt • Asa Wentworth Tenney • Edward Beers Thomas • Thomas Chatfield • Van Vechten Veeder • Edwin Louis Garvin • Marcus Beach Campbell • Robert Alexander Inch • Grover Moscowitz • Mortimer Byers • Clarence Galston • Matthew Abruzzo • John Bartels • Frederic Block • Henry Bramwell • Walter Bruchhausen • Mark Costantino • John Dooling • Orrin Judd • Jacob Mishler • Edward Neaher • Eugene Nickerson • Leo Rayfiel • George Rosling • Anthony Travia • Joseph Zavatt • Harold Kennedy (New York) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Raymond Dearie • Edward Korman • Thomas Platt • Charles Sifton • Jack Weinstein • Carol Amon • Dora Irizarry • Roslynn Mauskopf • Robert Alexander Inch • Walter Bruchhausen • Jacob Mishler • Joseph Zavatt • | ||
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