Milton Lewis Schwartz
Born 1/20/1920 · Died 10/3/2005
Judicial Career
- judCAED11/27/1979 – 10/3/2005
Biography
American judge
Milton Lewis Schwartz (January 20, 1920 – October 3, 2005) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California .
Education and career
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Born in Oakland , California , Schwartz received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1941 and was a Major in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945. He received a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1948 and was a law clerk to Judge Rolfe L. Thompson of the California Court of Appeal from 1948 to 1949. He was a deputy district attorney of Sacramento County , California from 1949 to 1951, and was then in private practice in Sacramento , California from 1951 to 1979.
Federal judicial service
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On September 28, 1979, Schwartz was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 26, 1979, and received his commission on November 27, 1979. He assumed senior status on January 20, 1990, serving in that capacity until his death on October 3, 2005, in Sacramento.
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[Milton Lewis Schwartz](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1387496)
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Sources
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- Milton Lewis Schwartz at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
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