Daniel Calabretta

Daniel Calabretta
Daniel Calabretta
Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2019
Appointed by	Jerry Brown
Personal details
Born	Daniel Joe Powell; 1978 (age 44–45); Union City, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party	Democrat
Spouse	Jonathan Calabretta (m. 2004)
Education	Princeton University (BA); University of Chicago (JD)

Daniel Joe Calabretta (né Powell, born 1978)^[3] is an California state court judge who is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Education

Calabretta served as a law clerk for Judge William A. Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2003 to 2004 and Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court from 2004 to 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he was an associate at Munger, Tolles and Olson. From 2008 to 2013, he served as a deputy attorney general in the California Department of Justice. From 2013 to 2018, he served as deputy legal affairs secretary in the Office of Governor Jerry Brown.^[4] Calabretta taught a "Direct Democracy in California" course at UC Davis School of Law in 2021 and 2022 and at Lincoln Law School of Sacramento in 2022.^[3]

On July 29, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Calabretta to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.^[4]^[6] On August 1, 2022, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Calabretta to the seat vacated by Judge John Mendez, who took senior status on April 27, 2022.^[7] His nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On October 12, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[8] If confirmed, he will be the first LGBT judge to serve on the Eastern District of California.^[9]

^ ^a ^b "Jonathan Calabretta, Daniel Powell". The New York Times. 2014-12-14.
^ "Governor Once Again Taps Staff, Big Law Alumni for California Bench".
^ ^a ^b "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "President Biden Names Twenty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
^ "Daniel J. Calabretta, '03: Appointed to a Judgeship in the Sacramento County Superior Court". www.law.uchicago.edu. November 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
^ "Biden nominates Sacramento Superior Court's Calabretta for federal judgeship". The Sacramento Bee. July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
^ This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 1, 2022.
^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 9, 2022.
^ Raymond, Nate (July 29, 2022). "Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer in U.S. Supreme Court case to federal judgeship". Reuters. Retrieved July 29, 2022.

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