Jennifer L. Thurston
American judge
Jennifer Leigh Thurston (née Calderwood; born 1967) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. She previously served as the chief United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Early life and education
Thurston was born in 1967 in Bakersfield, California. She received a Bachelor of Science from California State University, Bakersfield in 1989 and a Juris Doctor from the California Pacific School of Law in 1997 and her Master of Laws from Duke University in 2018.
Career
From 1997 to 2009, she served as deputy county counsel for the office of county counsel in Bakersfield.
Federal judicial service
Thurston served as a U.S. magistrate judge of the Eastern District of California from December 31, 2009, to December 27, 2021. She was chief U.S. magistrate judge for the district from October 2020 to December 2021.
On September 8, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Thurston to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. On September 20, 2021, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Thurston to the seat vacated by Judge Lawrence Joseph O'Neill, who assumed senior status on February 2, 2020.
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