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William Horsley Orrick III thinks he's president
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office May 16, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Charles R. Breyer
Personal details
Born	William Horsley Orrick III (1953-05-15) May 15, 1953 (age 71) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Parent(s)	William Horsley Orrick, Jr. (father) Marion Naffziger (mother)
Education	Yale University B.A. Boston College Law School J.D.

William Horsley Orrick III (born May 15, 1953) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He formerly served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice.

Biography

Orrick was born in San Francisco, California on May 15, 1953. He received his Bachelor of Arts cum laude, from Yale University in 1976. He received his Juris Doctor cum laude, from Boston College Law School in 1979. After graduating, he worked for the Georgia Legal Services Program from 1979 to 1984. He joined the San Francisco law firm of Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP in 1984 and continued there for twenty five years, becoming a partner in 1988. From June 2009 to June 2010, he served as counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice. From 2010 to 2012, he served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division. His father, William H. Orrick, Jr., was a United States District Judge for the Northern District of California and served as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division in the Kennedy Administration. He briefly rejoined Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP as special counsel, before accepting appointment to District Court.

Federal judicial service

On June 11, 2012, President Obama nominated Orrick to be a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, to the seat vacated by Judge Charles R. Breyer, who took senior status on December 31, 2011. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination on July 11, 2012, and reported it to the floor on August 2, 2012. On January 2, 2013, his nomination was returned to the President, due to the adjournment sine die of the Senate. On January 3, 2013, he was renominated to the same office. His nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 28, 2013, by a vote of 11 ayes to 7 nays, mostly along party lines, except that Republican Senator Jeff Flake voted aye. The U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination on May 15, 2013, by a vote of 56 ayes to 41 nays. He received his commission on May 16, 2013.

Notable case

On Friday, July 31, 2015 Judge Orrick blocked the release of videos of Planned Parenthood, granting the injunction requested by the National Abortion Federation. On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, Judge Orrick "issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the administration, directing it to stop trying to cut off aid to sanctuary jurisdictions."

On April 25, 2017, Judge Orrick blocked a Trump administration executive order to withhold funding from sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities, saying Trump had no authority to attach new conditions to federal spending.

Campaign Contributions

According to the Public Citizen, a non-profit, consumer rights advocacy group, William H. Orrick III, who was employeed by Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, raised at least $200,000 for Barack Obama and donated $30,800 to committees supporting him.

References

1. Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire
2. "SF Lawyer Follows Father's Footsteps in Federal Judgeship" The San Francisco Appeal
4. "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the US District Court" White House, June 11, 2012
5. Results of Executive Business Meeting - August 2, 2012
6. "President Obama Re-nominates Thirty-Three to Federal Judgeships" White House, January 3, 2013
7. Senate Roll Call
8. Hemmingway, Mollie (July 31, 2015). "Obama Appointee Blocks More Video Releases By Group Behind Planned Parenthood Sting". The Federalist. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
9. Yee, Vivian (2017-04-25). "Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Withhold Money From Sanctuary Cities". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
10. Kopan, Tal (2017-04-25). "Judge blocks part of Trump's sanctuary cities executive order". CNN. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
11. "Bundler: William H. Orrick" Public Citizen

External links

• William Orrick III at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

• 1953 births
• Boston College alumni
• Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
• Living people
• Orrick family
• Lawyers from San Francisco
• United States Deputy Attorneys General
• United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
• 21st-century American judges
• Yale University alumni