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Todd Wallace Robinson (born 1967)United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Todd Robinson
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of the
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. He previously served as an
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for the same district from 1997 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2020.


Education

Robinson earned his
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from the
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, and his
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, ''
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'', from the
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."President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, September 12, 2019


Career

Robinson began his career as a trial attorney in the
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's Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, where he worked from 1993 to 1997. In 1997, he became an
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for the
Southern District of California The United States District Court for the Southern District of California (in case citations, S.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are app ...
. In 2004, Robinson served as an Operations Officer with the
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. He then returned to the United States Attorney's Office and was Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Section in 2007. From 2008 to 2020, he served as Senior Litigation Counsel in the Criminal Division. He left the Office after becoming a judge.


Federal judicial service

On September 12, 2019, President
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announced his intent to nominate Robinson to serve as a
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of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of California The United States District Court for the Southern District of California (in case citations, S.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are ap ...
. On November 21, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Robinson to the seat on the
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vacated by Judge Marilyn L. Huff, who assumed senior status on September 30, 2016. On January 3, 2020, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the
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. On February 13, 2020, his renomination was sent to the Senate. On June 17, 2020, a hearing on his nomination was held before the
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. On July 23, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a
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. On September 15, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 83–13 vote. On September 16, 2020, his nomination was confirmed by a 86–10 vote. He received his judicial commission on September 18, 2020.


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* 1967 births Living people 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers Assistant United States attorneys California lawyers Georgetown University Law Center alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Lawyers from Jacksonville, Florida People of the Central Intelligence Agency United States Department of Justice lawyers United States district court judges appointed by Donald Trump University of California, Berkeley alumni {{US-federal-judge-stub