US District Court

The United States District Court is the federal trial court.  The US District Court for the Northern District of California hears cases in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose.  The San Francisco courtrooms are around the block from Hastings, on Golden Gate Avenue.   

Below are listed all the Judges and Magistrate Judges with chambers in San Francisco or Oakland, with links to calendars, courtroom locations, orders, and rulings.  

San Francisco

Alsup, Judge William

Breyer, Judge Charles R.

Chen, Magistrate Judge Edward M.

Chesney, Judge Maxine M.

Conti, Senior Judge Samuel

Corley, Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott

Cousins, Magistrate Judge Nathaniel

Henderson, Senior Judge Thelton E.

Illston, Judge Susan

James, Chief Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena

LaPorte, Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D.

Patel, Judge Marilyn Hall

Seeborg, District Judge Richard

Spero, Magistrate Judge Joseph C.

Ware, Chief District Judge James

White, Judge Jeffrey S.

Zimmerman, Magistrate Judge Bernard

Oakland

Armstrong, Judge Saundra B.

Beeler, Magistrate Judge Laurel

Hamilton, Judge Phyllis J.

Jensen, Senior Judge D. Lowell

Ryu, Magistrate Judge Donna M.

Wilken, Judge Claudia