1. Charles Roberts Breyer was born on November 3,1941 and is an American lawyer serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
14 Facts About Charles Breyer
1. 2.
Charles Breyer is the younger brother of Stephen Breyer, who served as a justice of the US Supreme Court from 1994 to 2022.
3.
Charles Breyer received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1963 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1966.
4.
Charles Breyer was a law clerk to Judge Oliver Carter of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1966 to 1967.
5.
Charles Breyer was an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force from 1973 to 1974, and then entered private practice in San Francisco from 1974 to 1997, interrupted by a brief stint as chief assistant district attorney of the City and County of San Francisco in 1979.
6.
On July 24,1997, Breyer was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by D Lowell Jensen.
7.
Charles Breyer was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8,1997, and received his commission on November 12,1997.
8.
Charles Breyer served as a Member of the United States Judicial Conference from 2006 to 2010.
9.
Charles Breyer served as a Member of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation from 2011 to 2018.
10.
Charles Breyer served as Vice Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission from 2013 to 2016 and as a Member of the same commission from 2017 to 2022.
11.
Stephen Breyer has recused himself from appeals of cases tried by his brother, including Olympic Airways v Husain, Department of Housing and Urban Development v Rucker, United States v Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, Monsanto Co.
12.
Charles Breyer presided over the Ed Rosenthal trial in 2007, a federal prosecution for distribution of marijuana for medical use.
13.
Charles Breyer presided over the stock-options backdating trial of Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes in 2007.
14.
Charles Breyer presided over the 2014 criminal case involving San Francisco police theft and racist texting, in which his court order was blamed for the delay in releasing information.