13 Facts About Dolly Gee

Dolly Maizie Gee is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Dolly Gee's father was a World War II veteran who later worked as an aerospace engineer on projects like the Apollo missions and the Space Shuttle, while her mother was a garment worker.

Dolly Gee earned a Bachelors of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1984.

From 1984 until 1986, Dolly Gee served as a law clerk for Judge Milton Schwartz of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Dolly Gee served as an associate from 1986 until 1990, and became a partner in 1990.

From 1994 until 1999, Dolly Gee served as a member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel, a federal labor relations authority.

On May 27,1999, President Bill Clinton nominated Gee to be a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California to replace Judge John G Davies.

However, with Republicans in control of the United States Senate, Dolly Gee's nomination languished, despite her meeting with Clinton on May 24,2000.

Dolly Gee never received a hearing before the Republican-controlled United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and her nomination was returned to Clinton at the end of his presidency.

President George W Bush later successfully nominated John F Walter to the seat to which Gee had been nominated.

On March 19,2010, Dolly Gee was inducted to California's branch of the United States District Court.

Dolly Gee ruled at the time that immigrant children generally can't be held longer than 20 days.

On June 26,2020, Dolly Gee ruled that migrant children held longer than 20 days must be released because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.