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Feb. 24, 2013

John A. Mendez

Judge who switched parties to land political appointment now serves in unbiased role

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Eastern District of California (Sacramento)
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez long coveted a black robe.

"It is what I have always aspired to do in my career," he told the Daily Journal in 2001 when Gov. Gray Davis placed him on the state superior court bench. "It is the best job you can have in our profession."

When President George W. Bush promoted Mendez to a federal trial court in the Eastern District in 2008, Mendez was ... (continued)

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