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'''Kenly Kiya Kato''' (born 1972)<ref name="Questionnaire">{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kato%20SJQ%20Public%20Final.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref> is a American judge who is serving as a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]] since 2023. She previously served as a [[United States magistrate judge]] of the same court from 2014 to 2023.
'''Kenly Kiya Kato''' (born 1972)<ref name="Questionnaire">{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kato%20SJQ%20Public%20Final.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref> is an American judge who has served as a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]] since 2023. She previously served as a [[United States magistrate judge]] of the same court from 2014 to 2023.


== Education ==
== Education ==
Kato is [[Japanese American]]; her parents, as children, were among those subjected to [[Japanese American internment|internment during World War II]].<ref name=Raymond>{{Cite web |last=Raymond |first=Nate |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Republicans question Japanese-American judicial pick on book review |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/republicans-question-japanese-american-judicial-pick-book-review-2022-02-01/ |access-date=February 5, 2022 |agency=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> She earned her [[Bachelor of Arts]], ''[[summa cum laude]]'', from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] in 1993.<ref name="WHBio">{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees |date=December 15, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/15/president-biden-names-eleventh-round-of-judicial-nominees/ |access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref> She graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa]], with a major in [[political science]].<ref name=CDCalMagJ>{{Cite press release |title=Kenly Kiya Kato Selected as United States Magistrate Judge for Central District Of California |date=July 1, 2014 |publisher=United States District Court for the Central District of California |url=https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/news/kenly-kiya-kato-selected-united-states-magistrate-judge-central-district-california|access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref> She received a [[Juris Doctor]], ''[[cum laude]]'', in 1996 from [[Harvard Law School]], where she was an editor of the ''[[Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review]]''.<ref name="WHBio"/>
Kato is [[Japanese American]]; her parents, as children, were among those subjected to [[Japanese American internment|internment during World War II]].<ref name=Raymond>{{Cite web |last=Raymond |first=Nate |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Republicans question Japanese-American judicial pick on book review |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/republicans-question-japanese-american-judicial-pick-book-review-2022-02-01/ |access-date=February 5, 2022 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> She earned her [[Bachelor of Arts]], ''[[summa cum laude]]'', from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] in 1993.<ref name="WHBio">{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees |date=December 15, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/15/president-biden-names-eleventh-round-of-judicial-nominees/ |access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref> She graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa]], with a major in [[political science]].<ref name=CDCalMagJ>{{Cite press release |title=Kenly Kiya Kato Selected as United States Magistrate Judge for Central District Of California |date=July 1, 2014 |publisher=United States District Court for the Central District of California |url=https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/news/kenly-kiya-kato-selected-united-states-magistrate-judge-central-district-california|access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref> She received a [[Juris Doctor]], ''[[cum laude]]'', in 1996 from [[Harvard Law School]], where she was an editor of the ''[[Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review]]''.<ref name="WHBio"/>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Kato served as a [[law clerk]] for Judge [[Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi]] of the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]] from 1996 to 1997. From 1997 to 2003, she was a [[federal public defender|deputy federal public defender]] in the federal public defender's office in [[Los Angeles]]. From 2003 to 2004, Kato was an associate at Liner LLP in Los Angeles.<ref name="WHBio" />
Kato served as a [[law clerk]] for Judge [[Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi]] of the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]] from 1996 to 1997. From 1997 to 2003, she was a [[federal public defender|deputy federal public defender]] in the federal public defender's office in [[Los Angeles]]. From 2003 to 2004, Kato was an associate at Liner LLP in Los Angeles.<ref name="WHBio" />


From 2004 to 2014, she was a solo practitioner.<ref name="WHBio" /> She primarily represented federal criminal defendants, and also represented clients in [[Civil rights law|civil rights]] and [[employment law|employment matters]].<ref name=CDCalMagJ/> Prior to her appointment as a U.S. magistrate judge, she served on the federal district court's Merit Selection Panel and Standing Committee on Attorney Discipline.<ref name=CDCalMagJ/>
From 2004 to 2014, she was a [[sole practitioner]].<ref name="WHBio" /> She primarily represented federal [[criminal law|criminal]] [[defendant]]s, and also represented clients in [[Civil rights law|civil rights]] and [[labor law|labor disputes]].<ref name=CDCalMagJ/> Prior to her appointment as a U.S. magistrate judge, she served on the federal district court's Merit Selection Panel and Standing Committee on Attorney Discipline.<ref name=CDCalMagJ/>


=== Federal judicial service ===
=== Federal judicial service ===
On July 1, 2014, Kato was sworn in as a [[United States magistrate judge]] for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.<ref name=CDCalMagJ/>
On July 1, 2014, Kato was sworn in as a [[United States magistrate judge]] for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.<ref name=CDCalMagJ/>


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On December 15, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Kato to serve as a [[United States district judge]] of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.<ref name="WHBio" /> President Biden nominated Kato to the seat vacated by Judge [[Beverly Reid O'Connell]], who died on October 8, 2017.<ref name="December15">{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=December 15, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/15/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-52/ |access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref>
===District court===
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On December 15, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Kato to serve as a [[United States district judge]] of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.<ref name="WHBio" /> President Biden nominated Kato to the seat vacated by Judge [[Beverly Reid O'Connell]], who died on October 8, 2017.<ref name="December15">{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=December 15, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/15/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-52/ |access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref> The recommendation for the seat on the court was made by Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]].<ref name="Balls & Strikes">{{Cite web |title=Professional Diversity By Senator |url=https://ballsandstrikes.org/professional-diversity-by-senator/ |language=en-US}}</ref>


On February 1, 2022, a hearing was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nominations |date=January 31, 2022 |publisher=[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary]] |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/01/25/2022/nominations}}</ref> During her confirmation hearing, Senators [[Chuck Grassley]] and [[Ted Cruz]] questioned her about a 1995 [[book review]], published in ''[[Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review]]'', that Kato had co-written in law school; in a heated dialogue, the two Republicans questioned Kato about a footnote in the book review that said that Asian-American [[neoconservatives]] "internalize the dialogue of oppressors, believing in the values of the status quo and condemning the activism of their group."<ref name=Raymond/><ref name=Venkatraman>{{Cite web |last=Venkatraman |first=Sakshi |date=February 2, 2022 |title=Senate Republicans press Japanese American judge over law school article |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/senate-republicans-press-japanese-american-judge-law-school-article-rcna14628 |access-date=February 5, 2022 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>Perry S. Chen & Kenly Kiya Kato, ''Recent Publication: The State of Asian America: Activism and Resistance in the 1990s'', 30 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 279 (1995).</ref> Cruz also questioned her about her views on [[affirmative action]].<ref name=Raymond/><ref name=Venkatraman/> Republicans also objected to Kato's past experience as a public defender.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wagner|first=Rose|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/five-approved-but-central-district-of-california-nominee-caught-in-committee-split/|title=Five approved but Central District of California nominee caught in committee split|website=Courthouse News Service|date=March 10, 2022}}</ref> Her nomination is supported by the [[National Asian Pacific American Bar Association]].<ref name=Venkatraman/> On March 10, 2022, the committee failed to report her nomination by an 11–11 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EBM%20Results%20-%202022-03-10.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 10, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=June 13, 2023}}</ref>
On February 1, 2022, a hearing was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nominations |date=January 31, 2022 |publisher=[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary]] |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/01/25/2022/nominations}}</ref> During her confirmation hearing, Senators [[Chuck Grassley]] and [[Ted Cruz]] questioned her about a 1995 [[book review]], published in ''[[Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review]]'', that Kato had co-written in law school; in a heated dialogue, the two Republicans questioned Kato about a footnote in the book review that said that Asian-American [[neoconservatives]] "internalize the dialogue of oppressors, believing in the values of the status quo and condemning the activism of their group."<ref name=Raymond/><ref name=Venkatraman>{{Cite web |last=Venkatraman |first=Sakshi |date=February 2, 2022 |title=Senate Republicans press Japanese American judge over law school article |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/senate-republicans-press-japanese-american-judge-law-school-article-rcna14628 |access-date=February 5, 2022 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>Perry S. Chen & Kenly Kiya Kato, ''Recent Publication: The State of Asian America: Activism and Resistance in the 1990s'', 30 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 279 (1995).</ref> Cruz also questioned her about her views on [[affirmative action]].<ref name=Raymond/><ref name=Venkatraman/> Some Republicans also objected to Kato's past experience as a public defender.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wagner|first=Rose|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/five-approved-but-central-district-of-california-nominee-caught-in-committee-split/|title=Five approved but Central District of California nominee caught in committee split|website=Courthouse News Service|date=March 10, 2022}}</ref> Her nomination is supported by the [[National Asian Pacific American Bar Association]].<ref name=Venkatraman/> On March 10, 2022, the committee failed to report her nomination by an 11–11 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EBM%20Results%20-%202022-03-10.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 10, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=June 13, 2023}}</ref>


On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the president under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the Senate; she was renominated the same day.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=January 3, 2023 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/03/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-91/}}</ref> On February 9, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by a party-line 11–10 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-02-09%20-%20EBM%20-%20Results.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=February 9, 2023}}</ref> On November 7, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–47 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00294.htm|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kenly Kiya Kato to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California)|website=United States Senate|date=November 7, 2023|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref> Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 51–46 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00295.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Kenly Kiya Kato, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California|website=United States Senate|date=November 7, 2023|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref> She received her judicial commission on November 17, 2023.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=13761331|inline=yes}}</ref>
On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the president under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the Senate; she was renominated the same day.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=January 3, 2023 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/03/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-91/}}</ref> On February 9, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by a party-line 11–10 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-02-09%20-%20EBM%20-%20Results.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=February 9, 2023}}</ref> On November 7, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–47 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00294.htm|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kenly Kiya Kato to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California)|website=United States Senate|date=November 7, 2023|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref> Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 51–46 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00295.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Kenly Kiya Kato, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California|website=United States Senate|date=November 7, 2023|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref> She received her judicial commission on November 17, 2023.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=13761331|inline=yes}}</ref>
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[List of Asian American jurists]]
* [[List of Asian American jurists]]
* [[Joe Biden judicial appointment controversies]]


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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 23:33, 17 July 2024

Kenly Kiya Kato
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 17, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byBeverly Reid O'Connell
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office
July 1, 2014 – November 17, 2023
Succeeded byDavid T. Bristow
Personal details
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Kenly Kiya Kato (born 1972)[1] is an American judge who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California since 2023. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2014 to 2023.

Education

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Kato is Japanese American; her parents, as children, were among those subjected to internment during World War II.[2] She earned her Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1993.[3] She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with a major in political science.[4] She received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1996 from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review.[3]

Career

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Kato served as a law clerk for Judge Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 1996 to 1997. From 1997 to 2003, she was a deputy federal public defender in the federal public defender's office in Los Angeles. From 2003 to 2004, Kato was an associate at Liner LLP in Los Angeles.[3]

From 2004 to 2014, she was a sole practitioner.[3] She primarily represented federal criminal defendants, and also represented clients in civil rights and labor disputes.[4] Prior to her appointment as a U.S. magistrate judge, she served on the federal district court's Merit Selection Panel and Standing Committee on Attorney Discipline.[4]

Federal judicial service

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On July 1, 2014, Kato was sworn in as a United States magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.[4]

On December 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Kato to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.[3] President Biden nominated Kato to the seat vacated by Judge Beverly Reid O'Connell, who died on October 8, 2017.[5]

On February 1, 2022, a hearing was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] During her confirmation hearing, Senators Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz questioned her about a 1995 book review, published in Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review, that Kato had co-written in law school; in a heated dialogue, the two Republicans questioned Kato about a footnote in the book review that said that Asian-American neoconservatives "internalize the dialogue of oppressors, believing in the values of the status quo and condemning the activism of their group."[2][7][8] Cruz also questioned her about her views on affirmative action.[2][7] Some Republicans also objected to Kato's past experience as a public defender.[9] Her nomination is supported by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.[7] On March 10, 2022, the committee failed to report her nomination by an 11–11 vote.[10]

On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the Senate; she was renominated the same day.[11] On February 9, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by a party-line 11–10 vote.[12] On November 7, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–47 vote.[13] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 51–46 vote.[14] She received her judicial commission on November 17, 2023.[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Raymond, Nate (February 1, 2022). "Republicans question Japanese-American judicial pick on book review". Reuters. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Kenly Kiya Kato Selected as United States Magistrate Judge for Central District Of California" (Press release). United States District Court for the Central District of California. July 1, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. January 31, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c Venkatraman, Sakshi (February 2, 2022). "Senate Republicans press Japanese American judge over law school article". NBC News. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  8. ^ Perry S. Chen & Kenly Kiya Kato, Recent Publication: The State of Asian America: Activism and Resistance in the 1990s, 30 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 279 (1995).
  9. ^ Wagner, Rose (March 10, 2022). "Five approved but Central District of California nominee caught in committee split". Courthouse News Service.
  10. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 10, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  11. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2023.
  12. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  13. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kenly Kiya Kato to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  14. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Kenly Kiya Kato, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California". United States Senate. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  15. ^ Kenly Kiya Kato at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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