Gary Allen Feess

Gary Allen Feess (born March 13, 1948) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Gary Allen Feess
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office March 13, 2014 – January 5, 2015
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office July 7, 1999 – March 13, 2014
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	James M. Ideman
Succeeded by	André Birotte Jr.
Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court
In office 1996–1999
Personal details
Born	(1948-03-13) March 13, 1948 (age 76)[1] Alliance, Ohio, U.S.
Education	Ohio State University (BA) UCLA School of Law (JD)

Education and career

Feess was born in Alliance, Ohio. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio State University in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law in 1974. He was in private practice in Los Angeles, California from 1974 to 1979, from 1987 to 1988, and again from 1989 to 1996. He was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California from 1979 to 1987 and Chief Assistant United States Attorney from 1988 to 1989. Later, he was a general counsel for the Christopher Commission. He was a judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court from 1996 to 1999.

Federal judicial service

Feess was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 26, 1999, to a United States District Court for the Central District of California seat that had been vacated by James M. Ideman. Feess was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 30, 1999, and received his commission on July 7, 1999. In 2000, Feess was selected to be the judge in charge of implementing the consent decree filed against the Los Angeles Police Department in the aftermath of the Rodney King riots and the Rampart scandal.^[2] Feess assumed senior status on March 13, 2014. He retired from active service on January 5, 2015.

References

1. Finn, Marie T. (September 2008). The American Bench: Judges of the Nation (2008-2009). Forster-Long, LLC. ISBN 9780931398582.
2. Kupferberg, Noah. "Transparency: A New Role for Police Consent Decrees". Retrieved 2013-10-06.

External links

• Gary Allen Feess at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by James M. Ideman	Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California 1999–2014	Succeeded by André Birotte Jr.