Gary Allen Feess (born March 13, 1948) is a former
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Feess was born in
Alliance
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,
Ohio
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. He received a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree from
Ohio State University
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in 1970 and a
Juris Doctor from the
UCLA School of Law
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in 1974. He was in private practice in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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from 1974 to 1979, from 1987 to 1988, and again from 1989 to 1996. He was an
Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California from 1979 to 1987 and Chief Assistant United States Attorney from 1988 to 1989. Later, he was a general counsel for the
Christopher Commission
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It was chaired by attorne ...
. He was a judge on the
Los Angeles Superior Court
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The ...
from 1996 to 1999.
Federal judicial service
Feess was nominated by President
Bill Clinton
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on January 26, 1999, to a
seat that had been vacated by
James M. Ideman
James Merle Ideman (born April 2, 1931) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Education and career
Born in Rockford, Illinois, Ideman received a Bachelor of Arts de ...
. Feess was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on June 30, 1999, and received his commission on July 7, 1999. In 2000, Feess was selected to be the judge in charge of implementing the
consent decree filed against the
Los Angeles Police Department
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in the aftermath of the
Rodney King riots
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and the
Rampart scandal
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.
Feess assumed
senior status
Senior status is a form of semi- retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at leas ...
on March 13, 2014. He retired from active service on January 5, 2015.
References
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1948 births
Living people
Assistant United States Attorneys
Judges of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Ohio State University alumni
People from Alliance, Ohio
Superior court judges in the United States
United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
UCLA School of Law alumni
20th-century American judges
21st-century American judges