judges : Vacancies and pending nominations Former judges Chief judges Succession of seats List of U.S. Attorneys George J. Denis (1888–1889) Aurelus H. Hutton (1889–1890) Matthew T. Allen (1892–1893) George J. Denis (1893–1897) Frank P. Flint (1897–1901) Louis H. Valentine (1901–1905) Oscar Lawler (1905–1909) Albert Schoonover (1913–1917) J. Robert O’Conner (1917–1921) Joseph C. Burke (1921–1925) Samuel W. McNabb (1925–1933) John Rose Laying (1933) Peirson M. Hall (1933–1937) Ben Harrison (1937–1940) William Fleet Palmer (1940–1942) Leo V. Silverstein (1942–943) Charles H. Carr (1943–1946) James M. Carter (1946–1949) Ernest A. Tolin (1949–1951) Walter Binns (1951–1953) Laughlin Edward Waters Sr. (1953–1961) Francis C. Whelan (1961–1964) Thomas R. Sheridan (1962–1964) Manuel L. Real (1964–1966) John K. Van de Kamp (1966–1967) William Matthew Byrne Jr. (1967–1970) Robert L. Meyer (1970–1972) William D. Keller (1972–1977) Robert L. Brosio (1977) (Acting) Andrea S. Ordin (1977–1981) Alexander H. Williams, III (1981) (Acting) Stephen S. Trott (1981–1983) Alexander H. Williams, III (1983–1984) Robert C. Bonner (1984–1989) Gary Allen Feess (1989) Robert L. Brosio (1989–1990) Lourdes Baird (1990–1992) Terree Bowers (1992–1994) Nora Margaret Manella (1994–1998) Alejandro Mayorkas (1998–2001) John S. Gordon (2001–2002) Debra Wong Yang (2002–2006) George S. Cardona (2006–2007) Thomas P. O'Brien (2007–2009) George S. Cardona (2009–2010) (Acting) André Birotte Jr. (2010–2014) Stephanie Yonekura (2014–2015) (Acting) Eileen M. Decker (2015–2017) Sandra R. Brown (2017–2018) (Acting) Nicola T. Hanna (2018–2021) See also Courts of California List of current United States district judges List of United States federal courthouses in California References External links United States District Court, Central District of California United States Attorney's Office, Central District of California California, Central California law Government in Orange County, California Government in Riverside County, California Government in Riverside, California Santa Ana, California 1966 establishments in California Courts and tribunals established in 1966