The clock is running out on two federal judge candidates — one from Fresno and the other from Sacramento — to fill seats on the depleted Eastern District of California bench. President Donald Trump nominated Fresno attorney Dirk Paloutizian and Sacramento Judge James Arguelles to serve on the court earlier...
Trump Nominates Sacramento Judge to Federal Bench
President Donald Trump has nominated Sacramento Superior Court Judge James P. Arguelles to the federal court for the Eastern District of California. It is Trump's second pick for the district that covers the Central Valley, stretching from Bakersfield to the Oregon border. Arguelles was appointed in 2010 to the Sacramento...
Trump Nominates Fresno Attorney for Federal Bench
Help may be on the way for the overworked federal court for the Eastern District of California. President Donald Trump nominated Fresno attorney Dirk Paloutzian on Wednesday as his first judge for the district covering the Central Valley. Paloutzian, a former Fresno County deputy district attorney, has been in private...