Araceli Martinez-Olguin testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, on Sept. 21, 2022. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
Araceli Martínez-Olguín, a former Bay Area kindergarten teacher who became a leading legal advocate for immigrants, was confirmed on Tuesday to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
With the Senate initially deadlocked on a partisan vote of 48-48, Vice President Kamala Harris, an Oakland native, cast the deciding “aye” for Oakland civil rights attorney Martínez-Olguín. The deputy director at the National Immigration Law Center will fill the vacancy created when U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White took senior status in February 2021.
