Demographics

Type: District Judge

Status: Active

Born: East Chicago, IN (1953)

Race: Hispanic

Nominated By: President Barack Obama ( Democratic)

Employment Background

Private practice, Dyer, Indiana, 1979-1986

Private practice, Monterey, California, 1986-1989

Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1989-2002; deputy chief, Narcotics Enforcement Section, 1996-1997, 1998-1999; attorney detailed to Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-1998;

chief, Narcotics Enforcement Section, 1999-2002

Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2002-2006

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 2006-2012

Educational Background

Indiana University, B.A. (1976)

Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law), J.D. (1979)

Gonzalo P. Curiel has presided over the following cases: